Director Christina Yao discusses her directorial debut Empire of Silver, finding these historical locations, working with the cast, and much more
Christina Yao makes her feature directorial debut with the incredibly ambitious (and gorgeous) movie Empire of Silver, although she is no stranger to directing. She has directed over 30 plays for theater companies in America and Taiwan. However, when she heard about the story behind Empire of Silver, a seldom-told true story about a powerful Chinese banking family in 1899, she took action, writing the screenplay and securing financing for her directorial debut. The story follows the tumultuous war-torn events in China, which causes the slacker son of this banking dynasty (Aaron Kwok), who wants nothing to do with the family business, to step up and lead the business, although he disagrees with some of his father's moral values. This sweeping tale also includes an intriguing sub-plot where the son still...
Christina Yao makes her feature directorial debut with the incredibly ambitious (and gorgeous) movie Empire of Silver, although she is no stranger to directing. She has directed over 30 plays for theater companies in America and Taiwan. However, when she heard about the story behind Empire of Silver, a seldom-told true story about a powerful Chinese banking family in 1899, she took action, writing the screenplay and securing financing for her directorial debut. The story follows the tumultuous war-torn events in China, which causes the slacker son of this banking dynasty (Aaron Kwok), who wants nothing to do with the family business, to step up and lead the business, although he disagrees with some of his father's moral values. This sweeping tale also includes an intriguing sub-plot where the son still...
- 6/3/2011
- by MovieWeb
- MovieWeb
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