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Taipei Story

Special Programs in Focus

Capitalism · Urbanization · Suspense/Mystery

CountryTaiwan
Production Year1985
Running Time110min
Format35mm
ColorCOLOR

Program Note

Taipei Story is a pairing of the masters with Yang at the helm and HOU Hsiao-Hsien as his leading man, playing a former youth national baseball team member, but relegated to guarding an aged fabric store with old values. As her girlfriend is embracing life in the metropolis and ready to make a splash in her career, the two are inevitably drifting apart. As the bighearted protagonist cannot find a way out of the rapidly materializing world, and is finally stabbed by a young man whom he holds nothing against. As he bleeds helplessly on a deserted street, he can only ponder at his faded past glory, callously devoured by the inhumane metropolis charging ahead in the economic engine. (WEN Tien-Hsiang)

Director

Edward YANG

Edward Yang is one of the most renowned film directors from Taiwan. Born in Shanghai in 1947, Yang moved to Taipei with his family in 1949. After majoring in electrical engineering at college, he moved to the US to study computer design. He worked as a microcomputer and systems designer for seven years. He returned to Taiwan in 1981 to begin a new career as a filmmaker and made his debut feature with That Day, on the Beach in 1983. His films include The Terroriser (1986), A Brighter Summer Day (1991), A Confucian Confusion (1994) and Mahjong (1996). His latest film, Yi yi: A One and a Two... (2000) was invited to numerous film festivals including Cannes, Toronto, New York, Pusan and Karlovy Vary, and won the prize for the Best Director at Cannes in 2000.

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