A Cinema of Listening and Looking: A Filmwell Conversation with Lee Isaac Chung, Part Two
< Read Part One of this interview with Munyurangabo director Lee Issac Chung PART TWO What did you learn about filmmaking through this experience that will be useful to you in future projects? I often feel like I have forgotten much of what I learned through the experience. I recently shot another film, and it felt like a first film all over again. Maybe it’s good to remain on edge with every film, but Munyurangabo was very stressful and exhausting, and Lucky Life—the... Read More
A Cinema of Listening and Looking: A Filmwell Conversation with Lee Isaac Chung, Part One
Munyurangabo is looking for revenge. American moviegoers didn’t let the title Ratatouille stop them. But can they pronounce Munyurangabo? So try this: moo – new – ra – NGA – bo. When I asked director Lee Isaac Chung how I should pronounce the title, he told me that he asked his friends in Rwanda. “I am told that there are no accents for the syllables,” he says, “but I have heard consistently that the syllable I emphasize should be... Read More
Retrospectives: an essay by Lee Isaac Chung, director of Munyurangabo
This is an exciting time for filmmaker Lee Isaac Chung. He has a new project called Lucky Life, which he is finishing up. At the same time, his directorial debut, Munyurangabo, is playing in select cities across the U.S. and receiving high praise. That’s remarkable, considering he shot the movie in only eleven days. In Rwanda. With a cast of Rwandans who had never acted in films before. Munyurangabo is a Rwandan story, and brings a vision of that war-torn country unlike... Read More
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