The Library Is Open is an exclusive 'audio book' series from Star2.com that features writers, authors, poets, playwrights and screenwriters from Malaysia and the world over reading their work. In this episode, actor-writer-director Gavin Yap reads from his first book “How I Made My First Movie (Or, A Decade Of Favours)”, which chronicles the making of his first film “Take Me To Dinner”.
Originally released in March 2014, “Take Me To Dinner” is a dark romantic drama about a burnt-out assassin who falls in love while on his last job, and so decides he’s had enough of killing. But when he asks for one last dinner with his former colleagues, the night sets in motion a series of violent events that changes all their lives.
In his book, Gavin explains in comic detail how he planned his film directorial debut without much of a budget, how he pulled strings everywhere he could, and how he got an ensemble of talented actors (Patrick Teoh and Susan Lankester included) to work with him for pra
