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Featuring:
Melvin Chen, Vynn Soh, Royston Tan
Written by:
Royston Tan
Directed by:
Royston Tan
Release Date:
March 1, 2002
Original Title:
'15'
Alternate Titles:
15
Genres:
Comedy | Drama
Production Companies:
Infinite Frameworks
Production Countries:
Singapore
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 25
An award winning short with a hyper-kinetic, mind-bending foray into the world of adolescent Singaporean boys. '15': The Short; mixes documentary realism, dream sequences, rapid montages, and other stylistic flurries to unleash a hard-hitting cinematic assault on Singaporean oppression and teen angst.
This is the first movie I've seen from Singapore and it's great. If you don't know a lot about Asia, its languages and its culture, then this film may be a bit confusing for the non-informed people. As an Asian-American who's double majoring in two Asian languages (one of them being Mandarin) and has taken some Asian American Studies classes, this film was easier for me to understand, but even without that kind of knowledge, I believe this movie is still accessible to its foreign audiences as long as you keep in mind that it's a coming-of-age type of movie. The film is definitely worth seeing just so that you get the chance to see what kind of issues Singapore's young teenage boys are struggling and having to deal with. This is an awesome coming-of-age movie, but filmed and shown in a more artistic and original way. The actors are outstanding.
Art Direction:
Daniel Lim
Cinematography:
Lim Ching Leong
Director:
Royston Tan
Editor:
Jeff Steven
Executive Producer:
Royston Tan
Lim Ching Leong
Manager of Operations:
Gary Goh
Sound Designer:
Clark Randerson
Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Steve Witherow
Sound Recordist:
James Choong
Special Effects:
Mervyn Lim
Writer:
Royston Tan
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