Hong Kong-based, Mainland China-born auteur Yonfan has scandalized and enthralled Chinese-speaking parts of Asia in a career that has spanned fine-art photography, filmmaking and journalism. Furthe…
has scandalized and enthralled Chinese-speaking parts of Asia in a career that has spanned fine-art photography, filmmaking and journalism. Further afield, he has become a regular on the Lido.,” which has been restored and is screening in the Venice Classics section, achieved notoriety at the time of its debut. It is set in the red-light area of Singapore, at a time shortly after the country had achieved independence and before it earned its buttoned-up, conservative reputation.
In the good world of restoration you are not supposed to add extra materials to change the original artistic work, but you can re-discover new things from the original work through any new techniques. “Bugis Street” was made almost 30 years ago and was shot on Panavision equipment with Kodak 35mm negative stock. But in this new 4K restoration, the magic of old-fashioned film stock is brought back much more with modern techniques.
How are your movies financed? What are the festival and commercial exploitation plans for the film? Is there a sales agent? Although my movies go to festivals, sales agents struggle to position my films in the market. I think all the sales agents know my work, but they are not as adventurous as before, or do not know how to handle me. Maybe I am too unique.I do not think very positively. The film has been approached by many independent Singapore distributors to be shown in arthouses or even on DVD form. Till now, I still do not sell my movies to television nor streaming. I make movies for the big screen.
Hiep was wonderful from the first day we met and so loved by everyone. She met my AD and they felt in love. They married and have two children and he also directs. Sadly, she passed away in 2017. Her lifetime partner is now a transgender who will come to Venice this time to meet the audience. A real life “Bugis Street.“
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