Chinese-American author Amy Tan on film of her life Unintended Memoir, and the Joy Luck Club movie sequel [scmp.com]
By Helen Barlow, South China Morning Post, January 27, 2021 When James “Jamie” Redford, son of cinema legend Robert, wanted to make a film about Amy Tan, the Chinese-American author was not initially convinced. “I was reluctant to do this, because I’m trying to move toward more privacy as I get older,” Tan, 68, tells the Post from her home in Sausalito, California. “But Jamie was somebody I knew through friends and he was so compassionate, very kind. He was charming and persistent and he got...