I now no longer have grandparents.
I had a unique relationship with both of my grandmothers. Growing up, I was terrified of Bah, my mom’s mom. In the...
I now no longer have grandparents.
I had a unique relationship with both of my grandmothers. Growing up, I was terrified of Bah, my mom’s mom. In the ‘kampung’ ..I’d never sneak out or do anything to test her. You wouldn’t wanna be on her bad side 🤣 She was an English teacher, so she only speaks English with me. When I became an artist, she started calling me ‘Yuna’ more than my nickname and I said “You don’t have to call me Yuna, Bah... I’m still me” Her reply- “Why not? That is who you are, no?” with a cigarette in her hand. Imagine the Malay, chain-smoking version of Anna Wintour. She was stylish, intelligent, sassy, headstrong & wears dark shades indoors.
Opah, my dad’s mom was more gentle. She’s a quiet one, always had a smile on her face. My favourite memory of her was us sitting on the porch of our old wooden house, and her putting on henna paste on the tip of my fingers and on the palm of my hands. She was always up to something, making something.. With whatever we had, she was content. Happy. Proud. Positive. The ceiling of our old kampung house was so shallow, maybe about 5 feet tall, and as I grew taller I started bumping my head on the wooden planks and she would laugh at me.
Both of them, however, shared the same values. Not once they were judgmental. Not once they would tell me to wear the hijab, or to cover up, to not sing, or do this and that.. they were just like, “Hey, you are who you are- just be a kind person.” 🖤
Losing both of them within a month is tough. It’s tough when you know the two people in your life who never stops praying for you, supporting & loving you, despite what everyone else thinks, are gone. It’s tough to know that I no longer have grandmothers I can come back to.
But I’d like to think that I’ve inherited a few of their qualities. I am soft, and quiet and crafty, but test me and a lil bit of my brave, sassy grandma will come out! Lol the circle of life.
Call your grandma today and tell them you love them. If they’re no longer with us, let’s send them a prayer.
Al-fatihah🖤
There’s a lot going on, and a lot of emotions, I’m gonna take a break. You guys stay safe, stay kind and let’s keep fighting the good fight. 🙏🏽
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[出走地平線:和田惠美]
Flattening The Curve: Emi Wada
服裝造型設計師和田惠美在我們合作《第一爐香》之前,已參與製作近三十部電影作品。
她因工作一絲不苟而聞名。
很多經過她設計的戲服,不論用名貴布匹、復古或漂染布來造,都能在螢幕上產生很大的共鳴。
《英雄》是我們第一部合作的作品,之後便是小田切讓的《從不一漾》。和田惠美雖已介八十三歲高齡,依然煙不離手,對自己的布料在我燈光之下產生的效果,非常小心翼翼。
但有一天,我們的工作有點停滯不前。
我們還需要很長時間才能完成這一幕戲。
現場下着大雨,不斷干擾着拍攝,令進度非常落後。
我有點不耐煩,甚至發了脾氣。
惠美遞給我一瓶啤酒,拍一拍我肩膊說:「放鬆點,Chris!」
「怎可以呢….還有那麼多未拍」我說。
「忍耐點,我們一定拍完這一幕,或許不是今天而已」她安慰着我。
「已經延誤了很多,肯定會超資,你不覺得困擾嗎?」我問。
「延誤了誰的時間?」她說「神明不會賣帳的…放鬆點,專注點就是了」她又吸一口煙。
「黑澤明教曉我忍耐,還記得合作的時候,曾經為等一個好天色而等上幾日,也試過…等足足一個月。現在等一兩句鐘,又算得上甚麼?」
Costume Designer Emi has made around 30 films by the time we worked on “Love After Love”.
She is famously meticulous.
Many of the costumes in her films she has formed from valuable and ancient cloth or dyed to colours that resonate on screen.
“Hero” was our first film together, followed by Joe Odagiri’s “They Say Nothing Stays the same” and now here she is at 83 years of age, chain smoking and attentive to every detail to how her fabrics respond to my light.
One day we are stuck.
We have a long scene to complete today.
The rain comes and goes disrupting our shoot. We are falling behind.
I am getting impatient. Angry even.
Emi brings me beer. She lays a hand on my shoulder “Relax, Chris!”
“How can I, we have so much to do” I respond.
“Be patient. We will get the scene. But maybe not today” she re-assures me.
“We are falling behind schedule. And over budget. Doesn’t that bother you?” I ask.
“Behind whose schedule?” she continues: “The Gods won’t sell out… relax and keep focused.” she takes a drag on her cigarette.
“Kurosawa taught me patience. We would wait days for the right sky. Once we...waited one whole month. What’s an hour or two on this film?”
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