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POP 88 – #38 – Last Train Home

February 21, 2010 at 1:39 pm · Filed under Announcement, Interviews, Movies/ Film, Podcast

 
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As promised here is the first of 3 new episodes to make up for my getting busy/ coming down with pneumonia.

It was a slight challenge getting a hold of Director Lixin Fan. After all, his prestigious award-winning documentary film LAST TRAIN HOME had him being invited to festivals left, right and center. Not bad for a Canadian film and a debut feature for this young director from China.

The podcast is of course the edited, film focused version, but I’ll make the entire Skype interview (a full 30+ mins.) available should people be interested. We went more into depth about the Zhang family as well as freedom of expression and censorship while working within China. And then we also talked about food and his thoughts upon landing in Toronto (Scarborough) when he first came.

Linkage:
LAST TRAIN HOME – Official Website
Toronto Reel Asian Festival – FUNDRAISER – LAST TRAIN HOME Screening event – Friday, February 26th, 2010
LAST TRAIN HOME - Reel Asian Fundraiser


Playlist:
1. Not Just A Dream – Nicky Lee
2. Tears Dropping – K.Will feat. Brown Eyed Girls
3. When I Fall – After School
4. I Wrote this Song for you (‘Singalong Song’) – Khalil Fong
5. Welcome to my World – Alan Kuo

Marcus said,

February 23, 2010 @ 9:14 am

i like the way you edited this episode. the interview was much more pallet-able by focusing on a set of questioning and the breaking to music. (pallet-able? palletable? how come the spelling of this word doesn’t seem right no matter how i spell it?) anyway, i would support future interviews done in this manner.

also i like the fact that you squeezed it into your normal length episode. it, i think, forces you to pull out the best material from the interview.

Lola said,

March 9, 2010 @ 4:49 pm

I loved K.will’s and BEG’s rendition of Tears dropping.
It actually amde me cry. :(

& The interview was very well done.
I like how you brought up the question of what’s more important the country’s development or the family. It also made me wonder if it’s worth it to sacrifice families for the development of one’s country or if a nation is more important than the dynamics of one’s family.

Great show.

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