Depth Perception
Showing what you can see when you close eyes: Patrick Wang on In the Family; Bavo Defune on North Sea Texas.
December 6, 2012 @ 5:00pm
Interviews with writer/director Patrick Wang (In the Family)
and
Belgian director Bavo Defune (North Sea Texas).
Patrick Wang, who wrote, directed and also plays the lead, discusses In the Family, a richly and subtlely textured narrative about a gay man's custody fight for the seven-year old child he has raised with his late lover. Choosing to set and film the story in Martin, Tennessee; length vs. pacing as factors in cumulative impact in longer films; and just how much of a risk it was for a first-time film director to debut with a 169-minute film.
Patrick Wang won the Emerging Filmmaker award at both the S.F. Int. Asian-American and San Diego Asian Film Fests; the film received the Jury Award at San Diego.
Beginning at minute 27:00,
Bavo Defune in conversation about his first feature-length film, North Sea Texas. What hooked him about the novel he adapted for the film; finding parents who could be truly supportive of their son playing an adolescent in love with another boy; and his goal as director: "to show what you can see when you close your eyes. North Sea, Texas took the FIPRESCI Prize and the Silver Zenith at the Montreal World FF) and the Alice in the City award (Rome FF).
Play List
Fuck All the Perfect People, Chip Taylor
and
Belgian director Bavo Defune (North Sea Texas).
Patrick Wang, who wrote, directed and also plays the lead, discusses In the Family, a richly and subtlely textured narrative about a gay man's custody fight for the seven-year old child he has raised with his late lover. Choosing to set and film the story in Martin, Tennessee; length vs. pacing as factors in cumulative impact in longer films; and just how much of a risk it was for a first-time film director to debut with a 169-minute film.
Patrick Wang won the Emerging Filmmaker award at both the S.F. Int. Asian-American and San Diego Asian Film Fests; the film received the Jury Award at San Diego.
Beginning at minute 27:00,
Bavo Defune in conversation about his first feature-length film, North Sea Texas. What hooked him about the novel he adapted for the film; finding parents who could be truly supportive of their son playing an adolescent in love with another boy; and his goal as director: "to show what you can see when you close your eyes. North Sea, Texas took the FIPRESCI Prize and the Silver Zenith at the Montreal World FF) and the Alice in the City award (Rome FF).
Play List
Fuck All the Perfect People, Chip Taylor