http://blogs.walkerart.org/filmvideo/2006/02/14/41/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 03:03:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://blogs.walkerart.org/filmvideo/2006/02/14/41/#comment-27724 carpet Thu, 21 Feb 2008 06:31:51 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/filmvideo/2006/02/14/41/#comment-27724 Tan promised something totally different with his new film "0430″, mentioned above, and hopefully it will somehow make its way to the Twin Cities. Tan promised something totally different with his new film "0430″, mentioned above, and hopefully it will somehow make its way to the Twin Cities.

]]> http://blogs.walkerart.org/filmvideo/2006/02/14/41/#comment-27 Kathie Thu, 16 Feb 2006 05:27:32 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/filmvideo/2006/02/14/41/#comment-27 IMHO, the aforementioned Royston Tan is a director to watch. Along with the multi-tasking Erik Khoo, Tan is poised to pull Singapore filmmaking out of the shadow of other emerging SE Asian countries. Tan's debut feature length film "15" (which played at last years MSPIFF) not only challenged the boundaries of fact and fiction but also challenged the button-down censors of his homeland. Made up largely of autobiographical footage shot by a handful of Singapore's fatalistic youth, "15" is more shocking for it's honesty than it's violence. These boys accept the brutality of their lives, and simultaneously embrace their love and comradery for one another. Tan promised something totally different with his new film "0430", mentioned above, and hopefully it will somehow make its way to the Twin Cities. IMHO, the aforementioned Royston Tan is a director to watch. Along with the multi-tasking Erik Khoo, Tan is poised to pull Singapore filmmaking out of the shadow of other emerging SE Asian countries. Tan’s debut feature length film “15″ (which played at last years MSPIFF) not only challenged the boundaries of fact and fiction but also challenged the button-down censors of his homeland. Made up largely of autobiographical footage shot by a handful of Singapore’s fatalistic youth, “15″ is more shocking for it's honesty than it's violence. These boys accept the brutality of their lives, and simultaneously embrace their love and comradery for one another. Tan promised something totally different with his new film “0430″, mentioned above, and hopefully it will somehow make its way to the Twin Cities.

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