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#330 - Zhang Yimou is Just Telling Stories

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The Search for Wang Wang

Will: I saw Andrew Leavold do a Q&A after a screening of The Search for Wang Wang. He said that when he showed the movie in the Philippines, he was a little worried about the stuff with Amelda Marcos because he thought the audience might be like, why are you interviewing this oppressor? But apparently when he said, what do you remember about Wang Wang, they all cheered because it was like, they all saw it as a defiant gesture. Will: We should do a Filipino filmmaker though because I don't think we've ever touched that country. Oh God, LabD has a sitting right there. Add it to the list. Well, speaking of Jackie Chan

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