Interview: Philip Yung – Where the Wind Blows

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In anticipation for the upcoming 95th Academy Awards, I chatted with Philip Yung, whose film Where the Wind Blows (previously known as Theory Of Ambitions) is Hong Kong’s official submission in consideration for the Best International Feature Category. Yung unites two of Hong Kong’s biggest stars, Tony Leung and Aaron Kwok, to headline this crime saga spanning 1940s to 1960s Hong Kong. Yung speaks of his cinematic inspirations in approaching the subject matter, a love for the period, and his quest to cast Tony Leung as a crooked cop.

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Nicholas Bell
Nicholas Bell
Los Angeles based Nicholas Bell is IONCINEMA.com's Chief Film Critic and covers film festivals such as Sundance, Berlin, Cannes and TIFF. He is part of the critic groups on Rotten Tomatoes, The Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA), FIPRESCI, the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS) and GALECA. His top 3 for 2023: The Beast (Bonello) Poor Things (Lanthimos), Master Gardener (Schrader). He was a jury member at the 2019 Cleveland International Film Festival.

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