 | Hey, Reddit! I’m Sook-Yin Lee! You could know me from Shortbus, Hedwig and the Indignant Inch, or as a musician & ex-MuchMusic VJ. My new film, PAYING FOR IT, a live-action function movie adaptation of cartoonist Chester Brown’s best-selling graphic novel, opens in theaters: NYC 1/30, L.A. 2/3 & extra. AMA! Official Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqPfF1lxRxw Extra Info: https://filmmovement.com/paying-for-it ABOUT PAYING FOR IT Set within the late 90’s, PAYING FOR IT follows the trials and travails of Chester (Dan Beirne), a cartoonist and Sonny (Emily Lê), a TV host, who’re in a long-term, dedicated, romantic relationship. When Sonny introduces the concept of opening up their relationship, Chester begins sleeping with intercourse staff, forcing him to face his points with intimacy and romance within the course of. Based mostly on the best-selling graphic novel by acclaimed alternative-cartoonist Chester Brown, PAYING FOR IT is a “provocative, hilarious and heartfelt” (The Globe and Mail) private tackle romance and relationships. From author/director Sook-Yin Lee, the movie “shows a maturity and thoughtfulness (…) within the messy contradictions we could maintain about love” (RogerEbert.com). Celebrating the colourful underground comedian and zine period by means of the experiences of cartoonist Brown, PAYING FOR IT connects the previous with the current by bringing collectively rising comedian actors, efficiency artists, authors, activists and multimedia creators in entrance of and behind the digicam, and it has resonated for pageant audiences and critics alike. ABOUT SOOK-YIN LEE Sook-Yin Lee (Author, Director, Co-Producer) is a Toronto-based filmmaker, musician, actor and broadcaster (CBC, BBC, MuchMusic). She starred in Shortbus, the ground-breaking 2SLGBTQ film directed by John Cameron Mitchell that premiered on the Cannes Movie Competition. Her function movie author and directorial debut, Yr of the Carnivore, starring Cristin Milioti, premiered at TIFF. In 2014, Lee gained the Canadian Display Award for Finest Efficiency by a Lead Dramatic Actress in Jack and went on to jot down and carry out Unsafe for Canadian Stage, which examined questions of censorship and inventive freedom. She gained Finest Director and Finest Image on the 2018 Downtown Los Angeles Movie Competition for Octavio is Useless! –a ghost story starring Sarah Gadon and Rosanna Arquette. Dying and Illness, her function film made with Dylan Gamble, streams on CBC Gem. She acts in Darkest Miriam, govt produced by Charlie Kaufman, and is ready to launch her experimental comedy Relaxation and Chill out. Sook-Yin is a music recording artist and movie rating composer. She contributed songs to Brandon Cronenberg's horror motion pictures Infinity Pool and Antiviral. Ask me something r/motion pictures! I'll be again tomorrow, Thursday 1/29 at 3 PM ET, to reply your questions. submitted by /u/SookYinAMA |
