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087. SGIFF35 Dispatch (feat. No Other Land, An Unfinished Film, By The Stream, Viet and Nam, and MORE!)
Ben recently attended the 35th Singapore International Film Festival and watched a whole lot of films, and made a few new friends along the way. Listen in on his thoughts about the films, the festival programme’s overarching themes, and how beauty is a trap!!
This episode is generally spoiler-free, spoilers are marked with timestamps below!
Links
DONATE to Singapore Red Cross Fundraising Campaign For Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza / Lebanon (campaign ends 31 Dec 2024)
I is another by Sasha Han
A Close Watch of Small Hours of the Night by Aditi Shivaramakrishnan
Ray Yeung Interview
Neo Sora Interview
Emerson Goo’s review of By The Stream
Ben's SGIFF Recap Part 1 , Part 2
Timestamps
(00:00:00) Intro
(00:05:14) Small Hours of the Night Directed by Daniel Hui
(00:15:40) No Other Land Directed by Basel Adra & Hamdan Ballal & Yuval Abraham & Rachel Szor
(00:21:14) Stars in Broad Daylight directed by Ossama Mohammed
(00:25:45) An Unfinished Film directed by Lou Ye
(00:30:32) Jafar Panahi Conversation
(00:34:36) Crimson Gold Directed by Jafar Panahi
(00:35:37) The Circle Directed by Jafar Panahi
(00:36:46) The Circle Spoiler
(00:38:10) Spoiler End
(00:39:13) Viet and Nam Directed by Truong Minh Quy; + small discussion on co-productions
(00:47:52) All Shall Be Well Directed by Ray Yeung
(00:50:20) All Shall Be Well Spoiler
(00:50:55) Spoiler End
(00:53:40) Happyend Directed by Neo Sora
(00:58:25) By The Stream Directed by Hong Sang-soo;+ Wilson’s love of Hong
(01:05:08) Vive l’amour Directed by Tsai Ming-liang
(01:09:27) Stranger Eyes Directed by Yeo Siew Hua
(01:13:54) Time to Be Strong Directed by Namkoong Sun
(01:17:32) Ben’s Festival Highlights
(01:18:48) Don’t Cry Butterfly Directed by Linh Duong
(01:21:19) Universal Language Directed by Matthew Rankin
(01:24:28) La Cocina Directed by Alonso Ruizpalacios
(01:25:20) Don’t You Let Me Go Directed by Leticia Gorge & Ana Guevara
(01:26:40) The Shrouds Directed by David Cronenberg; Our NYFF62 Dispatch episode where Eli watched it
(01:27:40) Familiar Touch Directed by Sarah Friedland; plus a very cool fact about the film’s production process
(01:30:55) April Directed by Dea Kulumbegashvili
(01:31:45) Brief spoiler for Kulumbegashvili’s first film, Beginning
(01:31:53) Spoiler end
(01:33:05) Closing Thoughts
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086. Happyend: Interview with Director Neo Sora
Join Wilson on this special episode of Deep Cut where he interviews Director Neo Sora about his new film, Happyend. Neo Sora discusses how his first narrative feature came about, his love of Edward Yang, as well as his ongoing pro-Palestine activism on the festival circuit, amongst a host of other things!
SPOILER WARNING: We speak briefly about Happyend’s ending.
PACBI (Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel)
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085. Edward Yang: Terrorizers
Join us as we try to piece together Edward Yang’s most puzzling work, Terrorizers (恐怖分子) . Eli describes the harsher and more abrasive Yang in this 1986 film, Wilson recounts the transcendent feeling of watching a crucial sequence set to The Platter’s Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, and Ben makes links between this film’s ending and Godard’s Breathless.
Ben’s Big Face Letterboxd list
Wilson’s Smoke Gets In Your Eyes Letterboxd list
Ben’s I Can Fix Her Letterboxd list
Vote on our poll to decide the next film we will cover!
Does Eli look like this man?
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084. Edward Yang: Taipei Story
Join us as we delve deeper into our series on Taiwanese auteur Edward Yang, as we take a step back to explore one of his earliest features, "Taipei Story" (青梅竹馬) from 1985. In this film, Yang collaborates with his compatriot Hou Hsiao-hsien to portray a city undergoing monumental change.
Ben explores the social, cultural, and economic uniqueness of this period in East Asia. Eli draws intriguing parallels between this movie and the various renditions of A Star is Born. Wilson raises questions about Yang's choice to incorporate violence as a punctuation to his endings.
Conversation with Hou Hsiao-hsien and Edmond Wong about Taipei Story
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083. Edward Yang: Yi Yi
We hit our white whale and begin our series on one of the greatest directors of all time, Edward Yang, and one of the greatest films of all time, Yi Yi (一一）. Listen to how this genuine masterpiece has affected each of us as we’ve grown with it. Wilson brings nuggets of wisdom from watching the director’s commentary. Eli talks about how this movie has changed for him on this rewatch. Ben draws links from his own life to the Jian family at the center of this story.
Our Patreon post about the podcast’s original format idea: First & Last
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P.S. Refreshed cover art design by Justina Yam!!
Deep Cut: A Film Podcast is a director-focused film podcast featuring deep-dive discussions about international, art-house, and independent cinema. Each episode we discuss either a director's most popular film or a "Deep Cut Pick": a personal favorite chosen by one of us. We've covered movies from filmmakers like Hirokazu Kore-eda, Agnes Varda, Éric Rohmer, Kelly Reichardt, Wong Kar-wai, S.S. Rajamouli, Bong Joon-ho, and more.
Looking for film recommendations off the beaten path? This is the pod to follow!
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