LET THE WIND CARRY ME
Director: Kwan Pun-Leung and Chiang Hsiu-Chiung
90 minutes, Taiwan, 2010. Subtitled. Colour, D-Cinema.
‘If you feel there’s a wind coming, you get ready for it… a film already has its ending before shooting. Accidents may happen and change the endings, but they’re all there. Maybe you weren’t looking.’ Mark Lee Ping-Bing
Let the Wind Carry Me is a portrait of celebrated cinematographer Mark Lee Ping-Bing (b.1954, Taiwan). Winner of numerous international honours, his career spans three decades, working as primary cinematographer and an essential partner to Hou Hsiao-Hsien, and collaborator with Wong Kar-Wai, Tran Anh Hung, Hirokazu Kore-Eda, Tian Zhuangzhuang, Ann Hui, and French director Gilles Bourdos. This documentary follows Mark Lee over a three-year period on set, offering us fascinating insights into his work, and revealing discussions about his artistic vision and the collaborative process.
