The entry begins:If Ghost Month were made into a film, as the author I would have little to no power in casting it.Learn more about the book and author at Ed Lin's website and blog.
I'd be pleased, however, to see in the protagonist Jing-nan's role Mark Chao, who memorably portrayed a guy being raised by a single mom who goes on to join a gang for protection in the Taiwanese film Monga. He can appear conflicted and yet still resolute on what he's decided to do. Most importantly he looks like a music snob. I can see his eyes rolling if someone said Interpol were the new Joy Division.
I'd like to see Louis Ozawa Changchien in the role of the Taiwanese American. Is he a villain? Or is he really looking out for Jing-nan? Louis has a great menacing side, as shown in Predators and The Bourne Legacy, and he can...[read on]
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Writers Read: Ed Lin (May 2012).
My Book, The Movie: Ghost Month.
--Marshal Zeringue
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