An Interview with Peter Chung

"Trevor and Aeon were like a car accident, difficult to look away"

Lol that reminds me of the first time I saw Aeon Flux, I was just a kid and our family had just gotten cable TV which included MTV. I loved watching the music videos and one day when i turned MTV on there was this really wierd animated show on with a very slender woman running in and out of a elavator shooting at a rope. I remember the sound of the helicopter and the fact that no one spoke. It didn't scare me or upset me in any way it just felt like i had to watch more of it but I didn't really understad why.

Many years later in my teens I saw reruns of the half hour episodes on MTV and thats when I remebered what I had watched as a kid and i assumed that it was probably the same show.

Roughly two years ago I bought the DVD box and finally! their it was, fucking "TIDE"! It still gave me that wierd feeling, like a car accident, difficult to look away!

I had the same reaction -- my young, impressionable mind just stopped in its tracks (or rather, went into overdrive). I caught just a moment that first time, but from then on I would stay up late at night in the hopes of finding more, and I pieced things together bit by bit.

Never say never, I guess, but I can't imagine ever again seeing anything on MTV that would affect me so much.

"you did several years of commercial work. How satisfying is that on a professional level?

PC: Well, it gives you a chance to work with a lot of different styles. I enjoy commercials because it lets you work with a schedule and a budget that is much more generous than what I'm used to on TV..."

You know what would be cool is a commercial with Aeon Flux in it. I know that sounds awful, Aeon Flux selling shampoo or something but with the budget they give for commercials and the exposure it would bring I think it would start the ball rolling for an eventual something.

Prob MTV or maybe even Peter Chung would not agree. But I think it would be very interesting to see.