in which we discuss growing up in Taiwan, learning filmmaking at UCLA, smuggling film out of China, and the superiority of lying in the grass to studying international trade.

Emily Liu, Part 2

These are interviews with interesting people, which can be anyone. And I’m going to try to prove that.  Does everyone have an interesting life, and have interesting things to say? I think so. I’m trying to show that so-called “average people” are just as compelling as celebrities. But unless you’re in my circle of friends, colleagues and acquaintances, you won’t know my guests. And I don’t give you any background or context about them. You’ll just have to listen - carefully - to what they say. These are conversations, not interviews. I don’t have a prepared set of questions. I just let the let the discussion go where it will.

Emily Liu, Part 1