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‘Sons of the Neon Night’ Director Juno Mak Breaks Down His Hong Kong Crime Thriller: ‘There’s a Nightmarish Poetry to It’
Director Juno Mak and international consultant Michael Werner joined Variety's Leo Barraclough for a conversation about 'Sons of the Neon Night.'
During a special Hong Kong Cinema panel at Hong Kong’s pavilion in the Cannes international village, “ Sons of the Neon Night,” director Juno Mak and Cannes Film Festival international consultant Michael Werner spoke to Variet y’s Leo Barraclough about thematic inspirations and how Mak crafted the icy, morally gray world of the films. To create the cinematic fragility of “Sons of the Neon Night” Mak worked closely with cinematographer Sion Michel and drew inspiration from the film’s composers, Ryuichi Sakamoto and Nate Connolly. Werner added that Mak’s music-driven creative process reminded him of fellow Hong Kong filmmaker Wong Kar Wai.
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