漂浪青春　電影官方部落格

  經過網友們在留言板的熱烈建議，這樣比較能集中人氣，發酵粉絲的心聲，也不必幾個網到處跑，怕會漏了訊息，因此，我們決定從善如流！請各位喜歡《漂浪青春》的朋友，請統一至無名留下你的足跡。讓版工可以看見你的身影   《漂浪青春》無名官網：http://www.wretch.cc/blog/drifting0303

編劇／導演：周美玲

哈囉，初次見面，大家應該不太認識我吧
哈囉，初次見面，大家應該不太認識我吧（應該說完全不認識）
我在＜＜漂浪青春＞＞裡面飾演一個小時候喜歡玩布袋戲，長大了以帶著手風琴四處走唱的樂師，竹篙。三段的故事中我的故事會出現在第一段和第三段。
我很喜歡這個角色，希望大家在八月十五看完電影以後也會有一樣的感覺。
也希望大家走出電影院之後找到劇中人物個性屬於自己的那一塊，相信那種感覺是很棒的，而那感覺也只能和最私密的自己分享。

今年度推選台灣電影十大明日之星，包括王柏傑／林涵／姚安琪／房思瑜／邱翊橙(毛弟)／馬志翔／張永政／張洋洋／張榕容／趙逸嵐

  
今年度推選台灣電影十大明日之星，包括王柏傑／林涵／姚安琪／房思瑜／邱翊橙(毛弟)／馬志翔／張永政／張洋洋／張榕容／趙逸嵐將一起攜手「催票」

2008十大台灣電影明日之星　　由台北市政府、台北縣政府主辦，台北市文化局、台北縣文化局、台北市文化基金會承辦的台北電影節，今年度推選台灣電影十大明日之星，包括王柏傑／林涵／姚安琪／房思瑜／邱翊橙(毛弟)／馬志翔／張永政／張洋洋／張榕容／趙逸嵐將一起攜手「催票」；他們除了將在25日於台北光點為今年台北電影節護照開賣站台，也為自己在「台灣電影明日之星」觀眾票選活動造勢。
　　近幾年來，台北電影節因電影大使如楊祐寧、關穎、張孝全、陳柏霖等等知名藝人的燦燦星光，為電影節活動注入更加青春充沛的活力；今年台北電影節延續此模式，希望讓台灣新生代電影演員有更多的機會使觀眾認識不一樣的他們，同時呼應即將邁入第十屆的2008年台北電影節，因此決定以「十」這個數字，作為本屆台北電影節電影明日之星的人數。
　　這十位藝人包括王柏傑(九降風)、房思瑜(漂浪青春)、林涵(夏天的尾巴、夜夜、雙瞳)、邱翊橙(九降風)、姚安琪(亂青春)、馬志翔(囧男孩、鹹豆漿)、張永政(穿牆人)、張洋洋(流浪神狗人、一一)、張榕容(花吃了那女孩、天黑、渺渺)、趙逸嵐(漂浪青春)(按姓名比畫順序排列)，都是近幾年剛起步或起步中的電影明星，台北電影節希望藉由此次活動，讓這十位藝人有更多觀眾認識並增加曝光機會；也因此，台北電影節特地邀請這十位明日之星親自上陣，為電影節護照首賣進行暖身，前十位影迷還可以與這些明日之星合照。
　　另外，台北電影節也將舉辦台灣電影明日之星觀眾票選活動，由觀眾從這幾位明星中，選出自己心目中的明日之星，鼓勵這些電影界的明日之星，期望他們成為未來的梁朝偉或張曼玉；台北電影節希望讓電影藝術知性與感性和這群廣受年輕人歡迎的電影新星結合，讓電影節活動愈發活潑、熱鬧。
　　今年台北電影節即將於2008年6月20日至7月6日在台北縣、市舉行，影展將於台北市中山堂、新光影城與北縣文化中心放映。請至http://www.taipeiff.org.tw/2008/ch/taipei-need.htm或http://www.taipeiff.org.tw/瞭解相關訊息！媒體宣傳：吳文智0930-975-730 翁婉屏0931-074-909 林芳如0937-594-791

 美玲導演的留言
rainport
親愛的大家,
我是ZERO,好久不見!!!
新片<漂浪青春>上映日期終於正式定案為8/15了,
很抱歉之前訊息不明朗...(鞠躬)
我們的行銷統籌,已開立了幾個新片專屬的部落格,
希望大家也常常來逛逛.
接下來這兩三個月我將暫停拍片,花多些時間做電影宣傳,
所以也會有比較多的時間
可以常常在部落格上跟大家見面...
很想念大家,希望大家一切都好!!
大家都要過得很好哦!!

名師之作，天籟之音
主題歌『香香』，搶先感動大登場！
前幾天的大型賑災節目『把愛傳出去』的每節片頭，一曲『天頂的月娘啊！』觸碰了海內外無數華人最纖細的惻隱之心；五二O的國宴華燈之下，一曲蕩氣迴腸的美聲唱腔，震懾了座上多少國際級的貴賓；許景淳，這個優美的名字，這個響譽遐邇卻始終神秘的聲音，在『漂浪青春』這部電影中，卻發揮了神奇的作用，一首『香香』，迷離惆悵間帶著本土女性的生命韌性與頑強，點出了故事的意涵，與劇中的角色性格，間無隙地結合了………

（日後再貼上中譯版本）
by Malinda Lo, Managing Editor
May 4, 2008 
      Photo credit: The 3RD Vision Films 
Out director Zero Chou is one of the few openly lesbian filmmakers in the world, and the only one in Taiwan. Her first film, Splendid Float (2004),  which was about drag queens, won three of Taiwan's Golden Horse Awards, including Best Taiwanese Film of the Year. Her second film, Spider Lilies  (2007), won the Berlinale Teddy Award for Best Queer ature, and comes  out on DVD in the United States on May 6. 
Chou's next film, Drifting Flowers, which premiered at the Berlinale in  February 2008 and will be screening at estivals this year, brings together three loosely connected stories about sexuality and gender. It stars newcomer Chao Yi-lan, a tiwanese acting student who brings an authentic, natural butch presence to the screen. 
Last month, I spoke to Chou with the assistance of a translator, and we talked about Taiwan's lesbian community, her own coming-out story, and her dream ??with her partner, Hoho Liu ??to make six LGBT films overall. 
AfterEllen.com: you started out working as a journalist; what drew you to making movies?
Zero Chou: Even though when I graduated from college my first job was as a journalist, in my heart I always knew I really needed to be creative. Working with words, for me, was too easy. I wanted to have a much more
      creative and challenging career, so somehow I chose filmmaking [laughs]. 
AE: What drew you to the story for Spider Lilies?
ZC: At that time I wanted to make a movie about young people. So there would be tattoos, webcam girls ??young people were often involved in these things. ??So these two things became the topic of the film. 
AE:Was it difficult to get funding to make this movie, given its subject matter? 
ZC: Because this was my second movie ??usually it's very difficult for young directors to get funding ??I was able to apply and get some government funding. Of course it was not enough. The government grant covered about 25 percent. For the remaining 75 percent, of course, I had to find a way to get investors. 
AE: For the government grant, did they know about the lesbian story line?
ZC: Of course they knew [laughs]. 
AE: The Taiwan government is supportive of this?
ZC: This funding is awarded by an independent review board of experts. The
      review board decides which screenplay is good and decides on the merit of
      the story. 
      Chou (left) with Rainie Yang of Spider Lilies 
      Photo credit: The 3RD Vision Films
AE: Tell me how you came to cast Rainie Yang and Isabella Leong in the movie.
ZC: I first selected Rainie Yang, but afterward I realized that finding another person who could play opposite her was very difficult, because Taiwan's young women are all made up to look very cute and pretty, but  none of them are sexy in a more masculine way. So since I couldn't find anyone in Taiwan, I went to Hong Kong to find someone. 
AE: How did they feel about the lesbian story line when they were cast?
ZC: I asked them to read the screenplay first, and if they were interested, then we could continue talking. They were very interested. I felt that it was only in this situation that we could cooperate and work together. Actually, Isabella had been looking forward to acting in a gay film. 
AE: Oh, why?
ZC: Because before doing Spider Lilies, she had acted in a lot of rather
      trashy movies in Hong Kong. She told me she had been waiting for an
      opportunity to act in an art movie, and if she had the chance to play a
      lesbian role, then she would be very happy. 
 Photo credit: The 3RD Vision Films 
AE: The film did quite well at the box office in Asia. How did its success affect your life?
ZC: It did not have a great effect as far as my creativity went, but because it was successful and made some money for the investors, it made the next steps down the road somewhat easier. 
AE: I believe you worked with your partner, Hoho Liu, on this film; what was it like to work with her?
ZC: We are very good partners, no matter whether in life, in work or emotionally. We have a dream ??we would like to be able to make six lesbian films in our lifetime. 
AE: Oh, that's wonderful.
ZC: Because, you know, the gay and lesbian rainbow has six colors ??red,orange, yellow, green, blue, purple. The color of Spider Lilies is green;my first film, Splendid Float, was yellow; my most recent film [Drifting      Flowers] is red. So I have already done three colors. 
AE: Do you know what the other three films you want to make will be?
ZC: Since we have already made three lesbian films in a row, we felt we should stop for a while and not immediately go on to more. Because many people have said, "Since you are lesbians, are you only able to make lesbian films?" Of course not! 
In the next three years I will make several films that are not about gay or lesbian themes, then I will come back to make the other three. 
AE: How long have you and your partner been together?
ZC: Eight years. 
      Chou and Liu
      Photo credit: The 3RD Vision Films 
AE: I'm not too familiar with the status of gay people in Taiwan; can you tell me how gays and lesbians are perceived in Taiwan in general?
ZC: Under law, of course it has not advanced to the state where same-sex marriage is accepted. Society is comparatively open, but there is still a very great deal of pressure from families. Since we are Chinese people, 
families' opinions have a great deal of influence. Often, families find it difficult to accept gays and lesbians. 
AE: When did you come out?
ZC: 1998. 
AE: And did you come out to your family then? How did they react?
ZC: They were very surprised at first because when I was younger I had boyfriends. But I told them it had not been at all easy to finally find real happiness, and I could prove to them that I was correct to take this path in my life, and they shouldn't worry about me. 
      It was just like that [laughs]. And they had to accept it. 
AE: Of course [laughs]. I wanted to ask you about your latest movie,Drifting Flowers. What was your inspiration for writing this movie?
ZC: This movie and Spider Lilies －I wrote these two screenplays at the same time. Because my first screenplay, Splendid Float, was a story about drag queens, afterward many lesbian friends asked, "Why aren't there any
movies about us?" [laughs] So I said, "Give a moment and I'll write one."  So I wrote two screenplays. 
      Spider Lilies got funding from the government first, so I shot that one
      first. So after that, I made Drifting Flowers. 
AE: I have heard that there is quite an active butch/femme community in Taiwan, and some of that is in Drifting Flowers. Can you tell me more about that and why you put that in the movie?
ZC: Right. Why did I have to make Spider Lilies as well as Drifting Flowers? Because in Spider Lilies, the distinction between the butch and femme characters was not very clear. But in Drifting Flowers, the main
character was actually a very typical butch. For example, she didn't like having female breasts, and she bound them. 
There are very few movies in which the way butch women feel about their bodies is discussed or actually shown at all. So Drifting Flowers has a more humanistic, realistic style, not quite the same as the style of Spider Lilies.

      Serena Fang (left) and Chao Yi-lan in Drifting Flowers
       
AE: Chao Yi-lan, who plays the main butch character, makes a very strong impression in the movie. Can you tell me a little about how you came to cast her in that role?
ZC: Because she herself is a very typical butch. She is a student in the drama department at Taiwan National University of the Arts. ??After some training, she was able to be very natural in this role. 
But in Spider Lilies, I wanted a more beautiful-looking butch, not a realistic butch, so I found Isabella Liang. 
AE: For me it was really great to see Chao Yi-lan. I really enjoyed it.You don't often see that kind of role.
ZC: Yes, she's very sexy, very natural. 
AE: You are one of very few openly lesbian Taiwanese filmmakers －in fact I don't know of any others. Do you know of any others?
ZC: Openly lesbian? There aren't any other openly lesbian ones. There are a great many closeted ones [laughs]. I also don't know why they are not out. 
AE: How does it feel to be the only one?
ZC: I can't go around with a mask on ??faking it is very tiring. When I was a journalist and people would ask me, "Are you or are you not?" I would lose patience and say: "If I am, I am. Don't keep asking!" [laughs] 
AE: Do you feel any responsibility to speak for lesbians in Taiwan?
ZC: At first I thought there wasn't any question of responsibility,because I was only speaking for myself. Then later I found it was not that simple. So whenever there are LGBT events or parades, people are always asking me to go and appear and speak, and I never thought it would be so complicated. 
AE: [laughs] True. Are there any Western lesbian films that you've seen that were influential to you as a person or as a filmmaker?
ZC: Let me see. There are many good films, but at the moment I can't really think of anything that has had a particular influence.
 
AE: How about television? Do you get The L Word in Taiwan?
ZC: Oh, yes! I've seen some of it. It's very popular in lesbian circles in Taiwan. I even asked Isabella and Rainie to watch The L Word as part of their homework. I have only seen a couple of the episodes myself －haven't seen it all －but we couldn't find enough lesbian films to give them for research, because there are too few of them. 
AE: That's why your movies are important.
ZC: [laughs] Really? OK, I will finish making all six colors! 
AE: Do you have anything you'd like to say to the Chinese-American lesbians who are watching your films?
ZC: You know, my films cannot be shown in mainland China, so my films have all been pirated and shown underground. I heard that in 2007 the pirated version of Spider Lilies was ranked No. 5 in sales among underground movies. Of course it didn't do us any good financially, but I'm glad more people could see them. 
AE: I guess maybe you didn't understand my question -－I wondered whether you had anything to say to Americans watching your films.
ZC: As far as I know, for many Chinese Americans, the pressure from their family is even stronger. 
AE: Oh, yeah. 
ZC: If my films can help our gay and lesbian friends to connect with their families, that would be something I really would want to do.
      Invaluable translation assistance by Catherine T. Lo. 

     

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