On the occasion of Not Friends screening at NYAFF, director Atta Hemwadee, producer Baz Poonpiriya, and actors Anthony Buisseret and Thitiya Jirapornsilp talk about the whether boys and girls can be friends, plagiarism, the inspiration behind the movie, working for the first time as producer and director, their roles and performances and a number of other topics.
On paper I am an Italian living in London, in reality I was born and bread in a popcorn bucket. I've loved cinema since I was a little child and I’ve always had a passion and interest for Asian (especially Japanese) pop culture, food and traditions, but on the cinema side, my big, first love is Hong Kong Cinema. Then - by a sort of osmosis - I have expanded my love and appreciation to the cinematography of other Asian countries. I like action, heroic bloodshed, wu-xia, Shaw Bros (even if it’s not my specialty), Anime, and also more auteur-ish movies. Anything that is good, really, but I am allergic to rom-com (unless it’s a HK rom-com, possibly featuring Andy Lau in his 20s)"
