Let the Wind Carry Me, directed by Hsiu-Chiung Chiang and Pung-Leung Kwan, is a documentary about Taiwan's own veteran cinematographer Mark Lee.
Evania and I were lucky enough to obtain two free tickets for the documentary's world premier at the 2009 Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival, of which Mark Lee's works were one of the major focuses. The event was thus the culmination of the focus, or perhaps the entire film festival, with the participation of many filmmakers all around the world who had worked with the renowned cinematographer.
Among the group of filmmakers, the most notable one was probably Hsiao-Hsien Hou, who was the chairperson of the festival and also a long-time collaborator with Mark Lee. They had together worked on many milestone films in Taiwan's New Wave cinema movement. The working dynamics between Hou and Lee were candidly captured by Chiang and Kwan with a touch of humorous tone, yet resonated with the agony of creating arts through team works.
The Q&A session after the screening gave the audience some background information about this documentary. We learned that it all started from an email correspondence between one of the directors Chiang and Lee himself. Chiang, who witnessed firsthand how Lee did his work, had since become a big fan. After much deliberation, Chiang decided to write an email telling Lee about her intention to shoot a documentary about him and his works.
An audience wondered why Lee did not participate in the making of Hou's Golden Lion winner, A City of Sadness. Lee frankly replied that he, at that time, had determined not to work with Hou any more. Truth be told, he came back, after a seven-year hiatus, to work with Hou on The Puppetmaster and six more films after that.
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Evania and I were lucky enough to obtain two free tickets for the documentary's world premier at the 2009 Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival, of which Mark Lee's works were one of the major focuses. The event was thus the culmination of the focus, or perhaps the entire film festival, with the participation of many filmmakers all around the world who had worked with the renowned cinematographer.
Among the group of filmmakers, the most notable one was probably Hsiao-Hsien Hou, who was the chairperson of the festival and also a long-time collaborator with Mark Lee. They had together worked on many milestone films in Taiwan's New Wave cinema movement. The working dynamics between Hou and Lee were candidly captured by Chiang and Kwan with a touch of humorous tone, yet resonated with the agony of creating arts through team works.
The Q&A session after the screening gave the audience some background information about this documentary. We learned that it all started from an email correspondence between one of the directors Chiang and Lee himself. Chiang, who witnessed firsthand how Lee did his work, had since become a big fan. After much deliberation, Chiang decided to write an email telling Lee about her intention to shoot a documentary about him and his works.
An audience wondered why Lee did not participate in the making of Hou's Golden Lion winner, A City of Sadness. Lee frankly replied that he, at that time, had determined not to work with Hou any more. Truth be told, he came back, after a seven-year hiatus, to work with Hou on The Puppetmaster and six more films after that.
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