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My New Friends
Wide Angle
LGBT · Social Criticism · Human Rights
- CountryTaiwan
- Production Year1996
- Running Time56mins
- Formatvideo
- Colorcolor
Program Note
<My New Friends> presents two HIV carriers′story through " face to face" interviews. Since homophobia remains severe in Taiwan, "coming out" as having a non-heterosexual sexual orientation is difficult, not to mention bing HIV carriers. Filmmaker Tsai Ming-Liang first formed friendships with the interviewees, reassured them their faces would not appear on TV and their voices would be distorted to protect their true identity and privacy.
Director
TSAI Ming-Liang
Born in 1957 in Malaysia, Tsai Ming-liang moved to Taiwan in 1977 and graduated from the drama department of Chinese Cultural University. After graduation, he quickly established a reputation with a series of experimental plays. He made his critically acclaimed debut feature, Rebels of the Neon God in 1992. He has become one of Taiwan’s most important directors with his films Vive L’Amour(1994), The River(1996) and The Hole(1998).
Credit
- Director
TSAI Ming-Liang - ProducerNancy WANG
- CinematographyHSIU Fu-Ging
- EditorCHENG Ming-Ling
- MusicSHE Je-Yuan
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