THE
Lounge
Interview
w/ Hsiaowen Hsu: They Were Only Living Life
Writer/Director
Taiwanese filmmaker Hsiaowen Hsu talks about getting aunties to open up in her documentary Out of Factories, finding boundaries on set, and the subtitle translation for her newest film the Snitch. “They were only living life,” she says.
—— May 13, 2025
About
The Lounge is our interview column.
People find lounges to relax, chat, work, etc. But why not do those at home? Perhaps because we look for temporary escapes from home. The idea emerged when Hannah and I both couldn’t return home last year, so we went to the lounge in Hannah’s building. We talked, brought wine and drank out of mugs. We went there so much that the lounge became THE Lounge, an inside joke, an icon, a shelter. Sometimes we need a change of scene. Also people do chat at lounges, so I think it’s fitting for the interview column.
Ariel Xinyu Peng
March 7, 2025
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