Sook-Yin Lee revisits a shared past in ‘Paying for It’

Director Sook-Yin Lee joins us to discuss ‘Paying for It,’ her adaptation of Chester Brown’s graphic novel about their former relationship. The film represents a unique creative challenge: adapting a graphic novel that was already based on their shared life together.

Sook-Yin reflects on how she came to collaborate with Chester on the project and how the three layers (the lived experience, the graphic novel, and the film) compare and diverge from one another. She walks us through translating the source material into cinematic language and what that process revealed.

We also talk about the many roles Sook-Yin has held throughout her career and how her varied experiences shape her approach to filmmaking and storytelling.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

(Photo credit: Dylan Gamble)