Juliet in Love Q&A Session

The gangster has an attitude, but also a heart of gold. She's a waitress, doing her best but lonely at heart. They're in love, but the course of true love is anything but straight. As he blusters his way through unexpected circumstances and turns disaster into luck, she is scandalized by him, but also stops resenting him. Young, talented director Wilson Yip, who turns their every move into a seesaw of tears and laughter, was greeted with resounding applause when he appeared onstage with his assistant director after the screening of Juliet in Love. "A hybrid between Western classic Romeo and Juliet and a Chinese classic, the film brings together two people from different worlds in the midst of common people's everyday lives. I wanted to make a film in which a moving story takes place in this environment," said Yip. Hong Kong movie fans familiar with Yip's earlier film Bullets over Summer made up much of the audience, and questions about details like "running," "cola," and "key rings" flew fast and thick. "There are times in life when you stop knowing where to turn, but just picking a direction and running in it gives you strength. That's why I like running scenes. And you know, I like cola too!" Needless to say, this last comment brought laughs from the audience. "From the moment we're born, the things around us are crucial for connecting to people's feelings about their lives. This is true in film too." The director was surrounded by fans in the lobby after the Q&A session, making for a peaceful scene. Takashi Goto Director's Profile: Wilson Yip Became involved with filmmaking at major Hong Kong film studio Cinema City in 1985. Worked as an assistant director until making his feature debut in 1995 with the ghost story 1:00am in 1995. His other works include Daze Raper (1995), Mongkok Story (1996), Teaching Sucks (1997), Bio Zombie (1998), and Bullets Over Summer (1999).