La mia famiglia a Taipei: intervista alla regista di Shih-Ching Tsou

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Ecco l'intervista a Shih Ching Tsou, sceneggiatrice, produttrice e regista al suo debutto (in solitaria) di La mia famiglia a Taipei. Il film è nelle sale italiane dal 22 dicembre distribuito da I Wonder Pictures.  Qui la nostra recensione - https://www.cinefilos.it/tutto-film/recensioni/left-handed-girl-shih-ching-tsou-679289

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00:00How much of your personal experience is in this story?

00:03Well, my personal experience started from the title, Left-Handed Girl,

00:08because I was a left-handed girl and I got corrected very early on in kindergarten.

00:13And, you know, the idea of this story actually started from a piece of memory in high school.

00:18My grandfather saw me use knife with my left hand, so he scolded me and he told me left hand is devil's hand and never used left hand.

00:26So that's how this whole story started.

00:31The characters are very well characterized. How did you work with the actresses?

00:36Well, working with the actresses are really special because I basically gave them the script

00:44and I asked them to study and put their own life experience into the role.

00:50So we didn't have any rehearsal intentionally because I didn't want them to over-rehearse

00:55because the family dynamic in this film is really tense.

01:00You know, people, it looks like they don't like each other.

01:03You know, they love each other, but they couldn't tell each other.

01:06So I feel like I wanted to keep that very organic kind of feeling

01:11where they prepare their role and then come to set,

01:14they kind of interact the first time and to capture that spontaneous.

01:18You are a director and producer. Do these two professions conflict with each other?

01:26I don't think so because from the very beginning, you know, the first project I worked on Takeout,

01:31I was a writer, producer, director, everything.

01:35So that's the spirit. I think that's the independent film spirit

01:40that I always, I always possessed, you know, being able to do everything on set.

01:48The cinematography is a reminiscent of the Florida project,

01:52very lively even if it tells dramatic events.

01:55How did you take care of this aspect?

01:58Well, you know, this film is really like a lot of memories I have going on in Taiwan.

02:04So to capture, you know, those moments, I really try really hard to,

02:11especially in Taiwan, you know, in Night Market,

02:15you know, I actually communicate with my cinematographer.

02:19I want to show this film as a child's point of view.

02:24So we had a lot of conversation.

02:27I want him to capture everything from the little girl's level

02:32and also, you know, with all the color and the sound,

02:35like more enhanced, just like how kids they are,

02:39they really, you know, for their point of view is so fresh.

02:43You know, they see different things.

02:46They see things that we adults don't see anymore.

02:49So just from that point of view, you know, I want that very sense of wonder,

02:55you know, the kids going to this adult environment

02:58and how they naturally feel and how they're trying to understand everything around them.

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