SAVING FACE: ahead of its time with That rare happy ending |
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**it does jump cut to questions that's why timestamps are found below if you're watching on mobile so it's easier🤗
another throwback! SURPRISE!🥳
SPOTLIGHT: #savingface stars #michellekrusiec and #lynnchen @ SDAFF2019
they get very candid and #unfiltered 👏🥳about representation and opportunities and tbh, it's a very refreshing take!! much #respect
1️⃣ intro @ 0:00 - 1:39
they're introduced as being like the Asian Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis ala Thelma and Louise😭✌🏻they talk about the last time they were together and briefly about director Alice Wu who couldn't be there that night and they also talk "the half of it" (you can hear it if you blink)👁👄👁✌🏻
2️⃣ 1:41 - 3:16
michelle and lynn talk about the acting roles they've since been offered after Saving Face was first released in 2004
•lynn's candor👏👏👏
•lynn @ michelle: "this woman works!!😂"
•michelle's hollywood acting milestone
3️⃣ 3:17 - 6:15
•their reactions when they first saw the script
•The Funny Story about the casting process
•michelle's audition
4️⃣ 6:16 - 8:19
•lynn's audition process
•lynn @ 6:42 "they're not just friends"🥵✌🏻
•how the SF script is really special
5️⃣ 8:20 - 12:00
•they talk and fangirl about Joan Chen
•lynn talks about Joan being her acting inspiration
6️⃣ 12:00 - 13:48
•how did Saving Face fare when it first came out in 2004
•the challenges they faced in promoting representation then
•in comparison to now
•publicity and social media = nonexistent
7️⃣ 13:48 - 14:18 😮
•one of the only films of its kind that has a happy ending??
8️⃣ 14:18 - 18:05
•what's coming up for them? writing? directing?
•what did they learn from director Alice Wu?
•lynn: "Alice Wu, the trailblazer"
•on set stories and deleted scenes
9️⃣ 18:06 - end
•reaction from the asian community
•post Saving Face
🎶music: 'Ice Tea' by: NotTheKing
🙏🏻thank you PacArts!
✏️interview by LA Times
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