After he left, he opened five video stores. This was pre-Blockbuster. Suddenly I had 50,000 movies at my disposal. I ended up watching 20 films a week. It rocked me.
Film is such an incredible medium that utilizes so many art forms, literature, music, performance.
I was fascinated by the craft and the art. This was definitely what I wanted to go into. Bui's perspective as an immigrant may be the one thing that has kept him from cloning the sensibility of so many film-school grads. I ask if he faced much prejudice growing up. I heard all the different comments as a kid, all the 'gook' comments.