A dark alleyway. Dim lighting. A classic gangster is waiting for a group of men. ‘Do you maybe want an autograph,’ they ask nervously. No, he doesn’t. The gangster is worried about Taiwanese film. It’s not the way he used to know it. He locks the director up in a cage. He wants him to make him a film.
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Passing Eyes
At first it just looks funny. Droll girl with large sunglasses in huge Taipei. But there’s an undertone. Undertones aren’t cheerful. -
Herstory
You can describe a film as smoothly cut, but that is an understatement in this case. Talking freely about sex, you could also say. That… -
Intoxicant
Imaginative political satire. Whether the source of the satire can be followed so far from Taiwan remains to be seen, but it’s stunning. -
My Superpower Girl
Exuberant collage of everything that is pop and camp in Taiwan. With Julie, who really is a superpower girl, but her parents won’t let her…
Film details
- Country of production
- Taiwan
- Year
- 2009
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2009
- Length
- 12'
- Medium/Format
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