Diana Lin

Diana Lin

  • Born:
  • Height: 5' 5" (1.65 m)
  • Extended Reading
    • Federico 2021-12-28 08:02:14

      Interview with Director Wang Ziyi + Thoughts

      Probably in 2016, when I was listening to the This American Life podcast, I heard such a story: an ABC girl returned to China from the United States to attend the wedding of her cousin (brother), actually to meet her grandmother with cancer for the last time, the whole family Gathering from the...

    • Amelie 2022-04-20 09:02:08

      as if sewn into the skin

      In San Francisco, I stumbled into the movie theater and picked this one up. The result is the most immersive and empathetic film I've seen in recent years. The lines and pictures are real and absurd, wanting to laugh and cry. I cried many times throughout the movie, and then burst into laughter....

    • Colin 2021-12-28 08:02:14

      3.5 As a Chinese American director's work, China under the lens is already closer to our image, but the story, characterization and narration techniques are still slightly old-fashioned, and foreigners may understand the cultural differences inside. With a smile, Chinese-speaking audiences will inevitably feel that they have piled up all kinds of slurs. But it’s still better than sincere feelings, and sincere emotions in the movie will be moving.

    • Vivien 2022-03-24 09:02:44

      I can't be more angry after watching it. The director doesn't know where the superiority comes from. Please do research before black Chinese people, don't shoot so stereotype! From beginning to end, I was deliberately hypocritical. If I really want to photograph the collision of Chinese and American cultures, please take a good look at it. Don’t shut the door and take it for granted.

    The Farewell quotes

    • Billi: [frustrated] Are you going to tell Nai Nai?

      Haiyan: I can't, Billi. I won't go against my family.

      Uncle Haibin: Billi, there are things you misunderstand. You guys moved to the West long ago. You think one's life belongs to oneself. But that's the difference between the East and the West. In the East, a person's life is part of a whole. Family. Society.

      Uncle Haibin: You want to tell Nai Nai the truth, because you're afraid to take the responsibility for her. Because it's too big of a burden. If you tell her, then you don't have to feel guilty. We're not telling Nai Nai because it's our duty to carry this emotional burden for her.

    • Jian: You're broke again? Are you always going to live like this?

      Billi: Poor but sexy? I hope so!