Guess who did i meet today?

The local actor turned director Huang Yiliang... His movie was not picked up and now, he have to sell his movie on dvd... So as i was saying... Met him today at AMK hub's carpark... He was selling his dvd there... Yes, at the carpark... I was initially shocked when he approached us... But felt kinda sad for him afterwards... Anyway, below is what the newspapers are saying about him...





Director's broken dream (TNP, 15/10/09)

HE followed his aspirations. But now, he says he's in debt.

Local actor Huang Yiliang had high hopes for his directorial debut Autumn In Winter.

The movie is about an emotionally unstable woman, played by model Sheila Sim, who rents out rooms in her home to strangers and then refuses to let them leave.

The cast also includes Bernard Tan, Phyllis Quek and Nat Ho.

But with no local movie distributors picking it up for a public screening here, Yiliang has now resorted to releasing the movie on DVD. He even goes to video stores promoting the movie.

Yiliang told The New Paper: 'Maybe the film is a bit too artistic, and distributors are not confident that movie-goers would watch it.' Yiliang said it would've been easier for him to make and sell a funny movie. But, he added: 'If I make a comedy, people will say I'm copying Jack Neo.'

Yiliang's situation seems to perpetuate the notion that only Jack's movies can score at the box office. Yet, critics lambast his work.

On the opposite end, Eric Khoo's movies have artistic acclaim, but fail to really draw in the masses.

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Hiaz... If you see him, do support him? He tried something different but ended up like this... Anyway, the dvd is only $18... So yeah...

Dunno How...