Nov 30, 2020
A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin:
On this episode of Talking Taiwan I speak with Jason Chew about being a filmmaker. We talked about how he veered away from his traditional Taiwanese upbringing and parents’ expectations that he become a lawyer.
As a filmmaker, he’s worked with several different clients in both Taiwan (a funeral home and cosmetics company) and the U.S. He shared how one project with the NYPD required him to wear a bulletproof vest while cruising around with the NYPD to the scene of a crime.
When asked I him what inspires his creativity, Jason responded by asking “where don’t you find inspiration… everything could be inspiration.”
Check out the show notes on the Talking Taiwan website for some of the great film directors that have inspired Jason and a few of the classic films about Taiwan that he recommends.
Here’s a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode:
Related Links:
Jason Chew’s website: https://www.jasonchew.com
Jason Chew on Instagram: @chewchomp
Roaming Dogs of Taiwan (short film): https://www.jasonchew.com/#/roaming-dogs/
The music video for Treya’s song Magic: https://www.jasonchew.com/#/treya-lam-magic/
Treya’s Talking Taiwan interview (episode 55): https://www.talkingtaiwan.com/treya-lam-talking-taiwan-ep-55/
Apartment Therapy: https://www.apartmenttherapy.com/
Film Director Tsai Ming-liang https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsai_Ming-liang
Film Shop: https://www.thefilmshop.org/
Ava Duvernay (Film Director): http://www.avaduvernay.com/
The short film project: A Father’s Son - A 90s Chinatown Noir Thriller, which is based on the characters from Henry Chang’s NYPD Detective Jack Yu crime series novels: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/chenxihao/a-fathers-son-a-90s-chinatown-noir-thriller
Stanley Kubrick (Film Director): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Kubrick
Akira Kurosawa (Film Director): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akira_Kurosawa
Cohen Brothers (Film Directors): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coen_brothers
Bong Joon-ho (Film Director): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bong_Joon-ho
Classic Films about Taiwan that Jason recommends:
Eat Drink Man Woman (Ang Lee film): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111797/
Yi Yi (Edward Yang film): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0244316/