https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-electric-image-express--4583813
You can also reach us via e-mail: electricimageexpress@gmail.com or IG/Twitter @electricimageexpress]]>enFilm ReviewsCopyright Sean Niuhttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/57caaa5e85d6c07438dbaa726d64e9ca.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-electric-image-express--4583813Sat, 11 Sep 2021 07:52:54 +0000Sean NiuSean Niutheelectricimageexpress@gmail.comThe Electric Image Express examines Asian American identity primarily by revisiting influential Asian and Asian-American cinema. On each episode we invite a guest to share their personal stories on topics such as family, love, living abroad, and...
You can also reach us via e-mail: electricimageexpress@gmail.com or IG/Twitter @electricimageexpress]]>falseepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-swap-boogie-w-raymond-luu-alan-duong-renee-ya--46472296Hint: Space Jam is still the best.
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Follow us on IG/Twitter @electricimageexpress/@the_electric_image_express]]>84825140-7e2b-4f64-853a-1177e6296fefTue, 22 Jun 2021 17:00:00 +0000Sean NiuRay, Alan, and Renee discuss Eddie Huang's coming-of-age, basketball drama and why it resonated differently among the team. They talk about the unique perspective of the Black/Asian cultural interactions, how the basketball scenes were shot, and where...Hint: Space Jam is still the best.
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Follow us on IG/Twitter @electricimageexpress/@the_electric_image_express]]>3601falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/asian-american-tik-tok-and-2021-oscars-minari-nomadland-sound-of-metal-with-lily-lei-and-katie-quan--46472293Before we get to Lily, we also have a 20 minute segment discussing the 2021 Oscars with Katie Quan from This Asian American Life. This year's awards marked many firsts for Asian Americans in Hollywood and Katie broke down her feelings about the necessity of the Oscars in 2021 and how she felt about the three movies that most prominently featured Asian Americans: Minari, Nomadland, and Sound of Metal.
Editors note: Sorry about the sound quality in some parts, some of these recordings were done while traveling!
Katie Quan's This Asian American Life
Lily's Tik Tok
Notes:
1) Start of Oscars segment: (1:52)
2) General reactions on the 2021 shows (5:00)
3) Deeper dive into Minari, Nomadland, and Sound of Metal (10:23)
4) Do we (as Asian Americans) need the Oscars in 2021? (20:47)
5) Lily's background and how she decided to become a full-time Tik Tok creator (27:51)
6) How she identified what worked for her audience (35:27)
7) How she outgrew her initial Asian American Auntie/parent skits (38:15)
8) Accents or no accents? (43:06)
Links to donate/educate/organize to stop AAPI hate:
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DONATE so we can improve the show at [https://ko-fi.com/electricimageexpress]
E-mail us at electricimageexpress@gmail.com
Follow us on IG/Twitter @electricimageexpress/@the_electric_image_express]]>7fe04f61-da99-4200-bdb8-4398df880a6cThu, 29 Apr 2021 20:00:00 +0000Sean NiuIn episode 40, we sit down with Tik Tok creator Lily Lei as she shares her jourrney to obtaining Tik Tok fame over the last year. As we are all well aware, Tik Tok is an incredibly influential video platform. As a podcast interested in how Asian...Before we get to Lily, we also have a 20 minute segment discussing the 2021 Oscars with Katie Quan from This Asian American Life. This year's awards marked many firsts for Asian Americans in Hollywood and Katie broke down her feelings about the necessity of the Oscars in 2021 and how she felt about the three movies that most prominently featured Asian Americans: Minari, Nomadland, and Sound of Metal.
Editors note: Sorry about the sound quality in some parts, some of these recordings were done while traveling!
Katie Quan's This Asian American Life
Lily's Tik Tok
Notes:
1) Start of Oscars segment: (1:52)
2) General reactions on the 2021 shows (5:00)
3) Deeper dive into Minari, Nomadland, and Sound of Metal (10:23)
4) Do we (as Asian Americans) need the Oscars in 2021? (20:47)
5) Lily's background and how she decided to become a full-time Tik Tok creator (27:51)
6) How she identified what worked for her audience (35:27)
7) How she outgrew her initial Asian American Auntie/parent skits (38:15)
8) Accents or no accents? (43:06)
Links to donate/educate/organize to stop AAPI hate:
https://www.gofundme.com/c/act/stop-aapi-hate
DONATE so we can improve the show at [https://ko-fi.com/electricimageexpress]
E-mail us at electricimageexpress@gmail.com
Follow us on IG/Twitter @electricimageexpress/@the_electric_image_express]]>3876falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/bonus-anniversary-episode-surviving-battle-royale-batoru-rowaiaru-with-raymond-luu-and-alan-duong-from-the-reel-asian-podcast--46472294We've added a BONUS episode for our anniversary: Raymond Luu and Alan Duong from [The Reel Asian Podcast] (https://www.reelasianpodcast.com/) join us to revisit Kinji Fukasaku's Battle Royale.
Notes:
1) The Reel Asian guys explain the appeal of Battle Royale and Sean shares some background and the impact of the movie (3:50)
2) Which characters did our high school selves' identify the most with? (14:25)
3) What does BR say about Japanese society's generational divide? (16:02)
4) We work through our strategies for surviving Battle Royale (24:40)
5) How Battle Royale's ultra-violence heightened its deisrability. (Aka the Streisand Effect (28:44)
6) If it came down to it: would you kill your best friend in high school? (30:50)
7) We draft our ultimate BR team (1 weapon, 1 BR character, 1 Asian film character) (40:13)
Links to donate/educate/organize to stop AAPI hate:
https://www.gofundme.com/c/act/stop-aapi-hate
DONATE so we can improve the show at [https://ko-fi.com/electricimageexpress]
E-mail us at electricimageexpress@gmail.com
Follow us on IG/Twitter @electricimageexpress/@the_electric_image_express]]>0aae565a-7d1f-4f95-89a9-4db2fd2cbfd7Wed, 14 Apr 2021 20:00:00 +0000Sean NiuIt's our ANNIVERSARY! THANK YOU to all of our listeners and fans for your continued support! THANK YOU to our guests for lending your time and sharing your stories, and THANK YOU to everyone else who has contributed to the show! We've added a BONUS...We've added a BONUS episode for our anniversary: Raymond Luu and Alan Duong from [The Reel Asian Podcast] (https://www.reelasianpodcast.com/) join us to revisit Kinji Fukasaku's Battle Royale.
Notes:
1) The Reel Asian guys explain the appeal of Battle Royale and Sean shares some background and the impact of the movie (3:50)
2) Which characters did our high school selves' identify the most with? (14:25)
3) What does BR say about Japanese society's generational divide? (16:02)
4) We work through our strategies for surviving Battle Royale (24:40)
5) How Battle Royale's ultra-violence heightened its deisrability. (Aka the Streisand Effect (28:44)
6) If it came down to it: would you kill your best friend in high school? (30:50)
7) We draft our ultimate BR team (1 weapon, 1 BR character, 1 Asian film character) (40:13)
Links to donate/educate/organize to stop AAPI hate:
https://www.gofundme.com/c/act/stop-aapi-hate
DONATE so we can improve the show at [https://ko-fi.com/electricimageexpress]
E-mail us at electricimageexpress@gmail.com
Follow us on IG/Twitter @electricimageexpress/@the_electric_image_express]]>3288falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/days-of-being-wild-a-fei-zheng-chuan-haruki-murakami-and-our-one-year-anniversary-part-1-with-hon-hoang--46472295In this episode, Hon Hoang returns to talk about (what else) Wong Kar Wai's Days of Being Wild and some Haruki Murakami. COULD there be a more appropriate topic for a Sean Niu-hosted podcast?
Watch Hon's films and appreciate his photography here: https://honhoang.com/
Notes:
1) An extended introduction discussing the Electric Image Express so far (0:00)
2) Background on Days of Being Wild (7:53)
3) We discuss why this movie could only be made by a young WKW and what it says about his past (13:25)
4) Leslie Cheung's character: a romantization of the fuck boy? (16:01)
5) More of Leslie's brilliance and how only he could play this role (18:13)
6) Andy Lau: the straight and narrow foil to Leslie (19:57)
7) Why Days of Being Wild hints at a Haruki Murakami influence on WKW (24:59)
8) Our one sentence description of the movie (29:45)
Links to donate/educate/organize to stop AAPI hate:
https://www.gofundme.com/c/act/stop-aapi-hate
DONATE so we can improve the show at [https://ko-fi.com/electricimageexpress]
E-mail us at electricimageexpress@gmail.com
Follow us on IG/Twitter @electricimageexpress/@the_electric_image_express]]>1124748e-7754-4181-8c14-0d6d2b69e994Wed, 14 Apr 2021 13:56:00 +0000Sean NiuIt's our ANNIVERSARY! THANK YOU to all of our listeners and fans for your continued support! THANK YOU to our guests for lending your time and sharing your stories, and THANK YOU to everyone else who has contributed to the show! In this episode, Hon...In this episode, Hon Hoang returns to talk about (what else) Wong Kar Wai's Days of Being Wild and some Haruki Murakami. COULD there be a more appropriate topic for a Sean Niu-hosted podcast?
Watch Hon's films and appreciate his photography here: https://honhoang.com/
Notes:
1) An extended introduction discussing the Electric Image Express so far (0:00)
2) Background on Days of Being Wild (7:53)
3) We discuss why this movie could only be made by a young WKW and what it says about his past (13:25)
4) Leslie Cheung's character: a romantization of the fuck boy? (16:01)
5) More of Leslie's brilliance and how only he could play this role (18:13)
6) Andy Lau: the straight and narrow foil to Leslie (19:57)
7) Why Days of Being Wild hints at a Haruki Murakami influence on WKW (24:59)
8) Our one sentence description of the movie (29:45)
Links to donate/educate/organize to stop AAPI hate:
https://www.gofundme.com/c/act/stop-aapi-hate
DONATE so we can improve the show at [https://ko-fi.com/electricimageexpress]
E-mail us at electricimageexpress@gmail.com
Follow us on IG/Twitter @electricimageexpress/@the_electric_image_express]]>2412falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-father-s-son-shanghai-kiss-asian-father-roles-warrior-with-patrick-chen-perry-yung-and-hon-hoang--43897663ab81dbb1-c6b6-4ed1-94a5-1a97238faebdMon, 15 Mar 2021 14:00:00 +0000Sean Niu4217falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/kenneth-pai-on-taipei-people-chinese-taiwanese-identity-and-asian-american-literature--4367555397bad464-d01a-4573-8a5c-e911a83d9356Sun, 28 Feb 2021 18:00:00 +0000Sean Niu3339falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/happy-cleaners-religion-family-and-the-asian-american-dream-with-charles-ryu-yeena-sung-and-kat-kim--4342113351947c13-3b67-430a-8927-8619032ef62aFri, 12 Feb 2021 16:00:00 +0000Sean Niu3990falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/to-all-the-boys-i-ve-loved-before-happa-representation-and-gen-z-high-school-hijinks-with-blake-lew-merwin-and-shannon-fong--41996183
After sharing our first...]]>e726bb78-8b4e-4b1a-90e7-6603db3ae4a6Mon, 09 Nov 2020 21:50:42 +0000Sean NiuIn Episode #29, Shannon Fong and Blake Lew-Merwin come back to revisit To All the Boys I've Loved Before: the 2018 high school Netflix romcom written by Jenny Han that notably features Lara Jean, a half-asian protagonist. After sharing our first...
After sharing our first...]]>4278falsefull