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Ask Junichi Yamamoto 山本淳 Anything

Ask Junichi Yamamoto 山本淳 Anything

1. How did you come up with the story of the meatball machine? Why did you decide to make a movie like this?3. What influenced you in making this film, along with the 1999 edition? I think there is an influence from "Tetsuo" directed by Shinya Tsukamoto. But I wonder if there is anything else, what are the other sources?A. The 1999 edition is my second independent film. The first was a horror movie titled "Linga Mania" with the right hand depicting a man with a red penis giving birth to a god. "Lingamania" was the first movie I shot,...

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Shinya Tsukamoto in Conversation

Shinya Tsukamoto in Conversation
To celebrate the launch of a new J-horror collection on BFI Player, one of Japan’s greatest cult filmmakers Shinya Tsukamoto, joins writer Tom Mes to discuss his career, cyberpunk, the J-horror label and working with Martin Scorsese. In partnership with Third Window Films.

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David Tse - Interview

David Tse - Interview
As part of our celebration of diversity for St. George’s day, we had a chat with David K.S. Tse about being a British-Chinese actor, living between two cultures and languages and how society and the film industries' attitude towards the East and South East Asian (ESEA) diasporas has changed over the decades.

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Interview - Mattie Do

Interview - Mattie Do
Mattie Do is Laos' first female director. Having debut with Chanthaly in 2012, followed by Dearest Sister in 2016 and her new film The Long Walk, which is part of the WOW Film Festival program. Terracotta Distribution has a long chat about identity, culture, society, film making and why she's a total badass.

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Art School Dropouts - Interview

Art School Dropouts - Interview

So last week, we showcased two Lady films from Art School Dropouts.

It's amazing that there is so much talent out there and with these short films, there's a glimpse into the future of action cinema, be it; future stars, directors or storylines.

So, Terracotta had a chat with the films heroine, Stephanie Pham and director Joey Min, about the Lady character, female representation in action films, who Art School Dropouts collective are, inspiration and who'd they like to work with.

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