Interview with Director Alice Wu (“Saving Face” and “The Half of It”)

Today on Wussy Movie Club, Rachel Garbus is here to talk with iconic and legendary filmmaker Alice Wu, known for 2004's “Saving Face” and Netflix’s 2020 “The Half of It.” We include the full fifty-minute interview versus the fifteen minutes shown at the WUSSY screening of Wu’s “Saving Face.”   Alice Wu is an American film director and screenwriter known for her films Saving Face and The Half of It. Her films feature Chinese-American main characters and explore the lives of intellectual, lesbian characters.   WUSSY Movie Club is a weekly roundtable movie podcast that examines films from a Queer lens, featuring themed seasons and special interviews with Queer filmmakers. Every Wednesday, a rotating cast of LGBTQIA+ voices will dish on their favorite films of past and present. Join the club and be a part of the discussion!   WUSSY Movie Club is part of the WUSSY Podcast Network, hosted by WUSSY Mag (@wussymag)   Produced by Jon Dean @jondeanphoto   Hosted by Johne Kilberg @johnekil and DJ Shaw @extraterristal_waifu    Podcast Art created by Nick Sheridan @glass.knuckles   Podcast Music by DJ Helix @1djhelix   Join the WUSSY Movie Club on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/wussymovieclub/    Follow WUSSY Movie Club on Facebook  https://www.facebook.com/WussyMovieClub/