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Juno Mak on His Star-Driven Cannes Midnight Screenings Drama ’Sons of the Neon Night’: ‘My Aim Was to Create a Unique World With Its Own Rules’
Juno Mak on his star-driven Cannes Midnight Screenings drama ‘Sons of the Neon Night’: ‘my aim was to create a unique world with its own rules’
“I envisioned a gripping crime saga that delved into the complexities of family dynamics, the insatiable thirst for power, and the pervasive issues of the pharmaceutical drug industry,” he says. In Asian cinema, there’s often a reliance on audience familiarity, but with ‘“‘Sons of the Neon Night,’ I aimed to create something entirely different — something that wouldn’t be easily relatable to the average viewer. Principal shooting extended over 142 days, which is very long in Hong Kong cinema, and there was also the additional physical challenge of filming in subzero temperatures in South Korea.
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