Happy New Year, podcast listeners! In honor of 2014, we are back with Episode 14. This edition features filmmaker Tze Chun, co-writer/director of the indie thriller Cold Comes The Night, starring Bryan Cranston and Alice Eve. The movie opens in select theaters and VOD on Friday, January 10, so I sat Tze down to talk about the film, his career, and the art of portraiture, among other things.
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So without further ado, here's my conversation with Tze Chun:
| SOUND AND FURY Episode 14: Tze Chun In episode fourteen, I talk to writer/director Tze Chun about painting Ryan Gosling's portrait, working with Bryan Cranston and writing one of television's first and only Asian American kisses. download | subscribe | iTunes | Stitcher |
Some notes about this episode:
- For more information about Cold Comes The Night, in theaters and VOD on Friday, January 10, visit the movie's official website.
- Watch a cool time-lapse video of Tze painting four alternate posters for Cold Comes The Night.
- Check out Tze's previous feature film Children of Invention, available pretty much anywhere you stream/download movies.
- Watch Tze's award-winning short film Windowbreaker on YouTube.
- Tze Chun is not to be confused with Tze Chun, his sister, of the Tze Chun Dance Company.
- Here's the theatrical poster for 2006's Half Nelson, painted by Tze Chun.
- Here's my post on that scene from Cashmere Mafia, in which Lucy Liu kissed Jack Yang and caused a small stir: There is nothing wrong with your television set