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'15' The Film(left),Royston Tan(right)
Hi there people.I'm apologizing again for not updating.Anyway i uploaded 2 videos from Youtube.However both the videos are in Hokkien(a dialect).For those of you who can't make out what the characters are saying,just concentrate on their movements and you should be fine.Well,these 2 videos are part of a Mandarin-Hokkien film directed and written by Singaporean film maker Royston Tan.This 93 min. film entitled ( si wu) or 15 in English is a graphic exploration of Singapore's unseen underbelly.The film emphasizes on what it's like to be young, alone and angry in a city that refuses to acknowledge your existence. It uses real life street kids who reinterpret Tan's vision from their eerily similar lives.Unfortunately this 'political film' is banned in Singapore.It has given local censors their biggest ever headache by focusing on Singapore’s ‘problem’ boys: the ones from broken homes, the ones who smuggle drugs, the drop-outs, the ones who tend to die young.Despite the ban,the movie sold out its initial run at the Singapore Film Festival, took home many of the major awards and was selected to compete in the prestigious Venice Film Festival.
Sunday,September 3rd,2006

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