Ever since I finished the principal photography for RIVER OF EXPLODING DURIANS in early March, I have been spending my time editing and then tinkering with it. It's actually a habit of mine, that I'm never satisfied with the editing of my works until it has finally premiered somewhere, and I know that I can't touch it anymore.
I spent the whole first week of June doing the reshoots for Ming Jin's SECOND LIFE OF THIEVES, then I shot an extra sequence for RIVER OF EXPLODING DURIANS with almost the same skeletal crew.
The new sequence involved the lead actress Daphne, and a child actress Zoe, who was supposed to play the child version of the protagonist.
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It was an intense scene that involved burning books.
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Thanks to Gaik, who came to visit the set. There were photos of me in action as well!
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One of the most interesting parts of the shoot was the fact that I used a couple of origami that I have kept for nearly 5 years.
These origami were folded by Maiko the Producer as props when we were making my old short film EXHALATION (for this particular scene).
I had kept them all along before I cleared up my room in Tokyo last month and brought them back to Malaysia.
Nearly two weeks have passed since the shoot. I have been finalizing the edit for both RIVER OF EXPLODING DURIANS and Ming Jin's SECOND LIFE OF THIEVES.
The end is near.
I look forward to future projects.
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