The indie machine keeps on churning out hit after hit, particularly the Canadian indie machine. I view the 2023 film Riceboy Sleeps as a spiritual successor to the 1994 film, Double Happiness, both sponsored by various governmental arts agencies, and about Asian Canadians. First of all, independent filmmaking has come a long way. Mina Shum did a great job with the lower production value of the film, and embracing the kitsch and but Anthony Shim had to do no such thing, shooting a beautiful art film complete with the characteristic lighting, music, pace, and long takes of modern ‘cinema’. Nearly thirty years later, Canada has produced another great Asian American film.
You Took My Breath Away, and Now I???m Dead
I made the mistake of looking up how many breaths a person takes in their lifetime. 605,491,200 if we live to be seventy-two. So…