Special Programs in Focus
In Our TimeCMPC produced several blockbuster movies in the early 80s, and yet the box-office profit was poor. I proposed for four new directors to make a film, and I assured CMPC that it woul...
Special Programs in Focus
Lonely Hearts ClubMs. Chen is a typical Taipei working housewife. She has a rebellious teenaged daughter obsessed with a teacher, a philandering husband dallying with a neighbour and an allegedly se...
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Pushing HandsA technique of Tai Chi, the pushing of hands teaches one how to maintain one’s own balance while destroying an opponent’s. Mr. Chu, a retired Tai Chi master, leaves Beijing to live...
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Rebels of the Neon GodKang is a high school student who gets involved in a series of absurd chases through the decaying concrete jungle that is Taipei. With little interest in scholastics, Kang hangs ar...
Special Programs in Focus
The Sandwich ManI entered the movie world in ’70s and got to know several directors who had studied abroad and returned in ’80s. I was stunned at the variety of camera techniques openly discussed ...
Special Programs in Focus
Somewhere over the DreamlandA postman tosses a letter to Watan, as the middle-aged Atayal man is still sound asleep with a hangover. The letter, about the discovery of his wallet buried in cement, falls on Wa...
Special Programs in Focus
Taipei StoryShu-chen, a young upwardly mobile executive is at the centre of Taipei Story. People making emotional, social and financial demands of her surround her on all sides. Her father is ...
Wide Angle
PlotAnna, who is in love with a character in a film, meets Michelle, whose hobby is photography. Due to her father’s medical bills, Anna cannot watch the films she wants. Michelle, who...