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When I Grew Up, In Taiwan, The Korean War Was Seen As A Good War, Where America Protected Asia. It Was Sort Of An Extension Of World War Ii. And It Was, Of Course, The Peak Of The Cold War. People In Taiwan Were Generally Proamerican. The Korean War Made Japan. And Then The Vietnam War Made Taiwan. There Is Some Truth To That.

The Way I Go About A Lovemaking Scene Is That We Will Talk About It During The Rehearsing Time.

A Lot Of People Will Think I Changed The Book: ‘so You’re The Tiger Instead, You’re The Tiger Who Ate The Cook.’ That’d Be Totally Expository, Like In The Book, ‘you’re The Tiger’ And Then It Stops There. That Seems To Have The Magic Touch. I Bring Everything Together. That’s Why He Made Up The Story, The Whole Thing Becomes Internalized. That Might Be The Magic, But All I Did Is Not So Much Interpreted, But Try My Best To Keep Everybody Still Staying In The Movie. And I Was Like, ‘god, It’s So Hard To Do.’ I Make Movies For A Long Time. It Doesn't Get Easier.

I Think Doing Period Piece Is Easier, Because After A Certain Distance, Everybody Is Equal, I Think. The Relative Contemporary Is Harder. I Think That's The Way It Is.

I Don't Have A Checklist. Whatever Material Excites Me, They'll Call For A Certain Genre Or Combination Of Genres. It'll Come Naturally And I'll Be Eager To Learn How That Thing Works. I Learn The Rules, And I'll Probably Break Some Of Them.