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Scarlet Cheng is a life-long film aficionado. She has an MA in film studies from the University of Maryland, College Park, then REALLY learned how film was made when she lived in Hong Kong in the 1990s. There she met and interviewed directors, costume designers, and of course actors and actresses working in China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan -- sometimes on studio sets and on location. She has written for many publications, including the Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Premiere, Village Voice, and Vogue, and currently teaches film history at two colleges in the Los Angeles area.

What is the most memorable film/travel experience you've had?

One of my most magical experiences was a set visit to Wong Karwai's Ashes of Time in remote Yulin, China, on the edge of the Gobi Desert. In that moment, modern China -- both the technology of filmmaking and Wong's cinematic sensibilities -- merged with the old.

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