Anong returned home to Laos, accompanied by Tsai Ming-liang. Herds wandered, the wind stirred the trees, and lights flickered beneath the water. In this no man’s land, the abandoned houses stood silent—yet each seemed to bear a different face, quietly telling its own story. A camcorder. A camera. And a film was made.

I haven’t written scripts for quite a long time. But I have not stopped making films. Days, Your Face, and The Night were all created without scripts. It’s clear that I’ve been working to break away from the many constraints of the film industry, moving toward greater freedom in developing my own kind of cinema. I call it Handcrafted Cinema. Back Home was made with a small Canon camcorder and a Leica camera. It as just me, Anong, and one of his friends—we spent over two weeks filming in the rural areas of Laos. The editing was done by my collaborator in Taipei, Jhong-yuan Chang. I was truly excited to have made this work.

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