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Richard Linklater, and the Importance of Obsession
On the way over to Beijing I passed the time watching a movie on the in-flight entertainment system. I had heard about this movie called “Boyhood” that had been garnering praise; from actors, directors and my peers. I recalled a quote from a Hollywood star: “[…] and of course Boyhood, which blew me away”; one of those half-remembered quotations that lodge in your mind, relentlessly persuading. The movie is directed by Richard Linklater, a director who makes fervent, lucid films about grown-up things, or more specifically the moments that come to inform your grown-up self. Films like Dazed & Confused, Before Sunrise, Before Sunset (my personal favourite) and Before Midnight – a trilogy that feature the same two actors (Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke) in nine-year installments following the same couple as they go from chance encounter to rekindled romance to settled couple. Read the rest of this entry »
About
Lu-Hai Liang is a multimedia journalist.
- Video for The Press Association
- Words (& Photos) for Aljazeera, New Statesman, CNN, The Guardian, The Independent, The Independent on Sunday, CNN Travel, The Cornell Enterprise, Wanderlust, Nine MSN, Marie Claire (Netherlands & South Africa), Dazed & Confused, IGN, Paste, Eurogamer, Kotaku, The Daily Telegraph, The Atlantic, Los Angeles Review of Books, The National, Foreign Policy, and WIRED.
- Presenter for Tribal China – an international documentary
- Camera Assistant for Olympic Broadcasting Services at London 2012 Olympics.
Contact: luhai_liang@hotmail.com
Twitter: @LuHai_Liang
