The genesis of his philosophy of localism was in the tight-knit, intellectually engaged community where he grew up and his mother was active in conservation issues. About his own work in environmental protection - at times pursued with an informed diligence that won round initially sceptical local politicians - he wrote that “Almost to the end it was as if I had been programmed by my mother.”
- Ioan Bowen Rees, The Guardian, June 7, 1999.
2. The Guardian today publishes the first stills from a Luc Besson-directed movie which will be called The Lady, the name by which she is known by a Burmese population banned from saying her real name.
Aung San Suu Kyi was released from her latest period of house arrest by Burma’s generals in November, which meant Yeoh could meet the woman she is playing.
Yeoh told the Guardian: “The first thing we did is hug and I thought you are really skinny, man. One of the first things she said was ‘why doesn’t the BBC world service have more music?’
“You feel a real sense of calm when you're with her. She’s a very striking figure. She is so proud of her culture and the best way to show it is with dignity and elegance. She has a glow and an aura about her.”
The film will chart her remarkable journey from housewife bringing up her children in Oxford to taking on the power of Burma’s generals by becoming opposition leader.
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