Becoming Web filmmakers: got an independent movie to plug? Let Nicholas Chee and Randy Ang show you how they attracted an online cult following for their movie Becoming Royston. (hd feature).(Cover story)

Singapore's bad boy director, Royston Tan, is in the headlines again. But this time, it's not because he bagged an award at some film festival or ribbed the government with another of his signature-style acerbic short films. Actually, his name has been invoked for a new movie by filmmaking pals from his alma mater, Temasek Polytechnic (Singapore).

Randy Ang and Nicholas Chee, the filmmakers of Becoming Royston, conveniently borrowed Tan's name for a clever public relations spin, which inventiveness moots comparison with the auteur's own antics. Royston's been known to pull some ...

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