The China Post
Date: July 8, 2016
By: Seamus Boyle, Special to The China Post
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Celebrated novelist Neal Wu (吳子雲) makes his foray into the
Wu praised the film’s stars for their skill and composure, crediting them with much of the movie’s success.(Courtesy of Hualien Media)
world of film with a vibrant and colorful adaptation of his most popular story, “At Café 6” (六弄咖啡館), to be released next Friday in theaters near you.
In explaining his motives behind choosing “At Café 6” as the story to adapt from his vast bibliography, Wu revealed that a simple Yahoo search took him to a review site where his readers almost unanimously clamored for “At Café 6” to be adapted into a movie, inspiring him to repay his longtime fans with the film.
In order to produce a truly authentic look at Taiwan’s “coffee shop culture,” and to weave a romantic narrative around it, Wu drew on him own personal history. When he was a high school senior, Wu spent much of his time in what then was a relatively new phenomenon: internet cafés. He humorously recalled the beginnings of his humorous, romantic coming-of-age novellas as largely comprising “things I wanted to say to my girlfriend.” [FULL STORY]