Tsai Ming-Liang on 'Face'
NEW YORK, November 15-17, 2009 - Malaysian-born, Taiwan-based filmmaker Tsai Ming-Liang and his long-time collaborating partner actor Lee Kang-Sheng met with the audience after the preview screening of their new film Face (2009), part of Faces of Tsai Ming-Liang film series (November 13-21, 2009).NEW YORK, November 15-17, 2009 - Malaysian-born, Taiwan-based filmmaker Tsai Ming-Liang and his long-time collaborating partner actor Lee Kang-Sheng met with the audience after the preview screening of their new film Face (2009), part of Faces of Tsai Ming-Liang film series (November 13-21, 2009). During discussions conducted by series curator La Frances Hui, Senior Program Officer of Cultural Programs, Asia Society, the director discussed how the commission by the Musée du Louvre provided him with an opportunity to pair his favorite actor Lee Kang-Sheng with the legendary French actor Jean-Pierre Léaud. The similarities between his long-term collaboration with Lee Kang-Sheng and French New Wave auteur François Truffaut's collaboration with Jean-Pierre Léaud provide a striking parallel. The director discussed how capturing the changes on actors' faces over time gave him the meaning to make films.
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Live on-stage conversations translated by Vincent Cheng.
Video subtitles translated by La Frances Hui.
Faces of Tsai Ming-Liang film series (November 13-21, 2009) was co-presented with Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York. The series was part of Citi Series on Asian Art and Culture, sponsored by the Citi Foundation. Additional support is provided by the New York State Council on the Arts.
Face by Tsai Ming-Liang has been commissioned and coproduced by the Musée du Louvre as opus 1 of the new series "The Louvre Invites Filmmakers." The preview screening at the Asia Society was copresented with the International Council of the Louvre.