The Terrorizers (film)
| The Terrorizers | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Edward Yang |
| Written by |
Edward Yang Hsiao Yeh |
| Starring |
Cora Miao Lichun Lee Bao-Ming Gu Shi-Jye Jin |
| Cinematography | Wei-Han Yang |
| Edited by | Ching-song Liao |
| Distributed by | Central Motion Pictures |
Release dates | 1986 |
Running time | 109 minutes |
| Country | Taiwan |
| Language |
Mandarin Taiwanese |
The Terrorizers (Chinese: 恐怖分子; pinyin: Kǒngbù fènzǐ) is a 1986 film by Taiwanese filmmaker Edward Yang.
Cast
- Cora Miao as Zhou Yufeng
- Lichun Lee as Li Lizhong
- Shi-Jye Jin as Xiao Shen
- Bao-Ming Gu as Old Gu (A cop)
Critical reception
The Terrorizers is a part of the New Taiwan Cinema. The film concerns the coincidental interactions between three groups of people in Taipei: a young woman and the tough petty criminal gang of native Taiwanese she hangs out with; a Mainlander doctor and his novelist wife; and a young photographer who observes the life of the city unfolding around him, in an echo of the protagonist of Michelangelo Antonioni's Blowup. "Famously characterized by Marxist scholar Fredric Jameson as the postmodern film,[1] the film was likened by Yang himself to a puzzle where the pleasure lies in rearranging a multitude of relationships between characters, spaces, and genres."[2]
Awards and nominations
- 1986 Golden Horse Film Festival
- Won: Best Film
- Nominated: Best Actress – Cora Miao
- 1987 Locarno International Film Festival
- Won: Silver Leopard
- 1987 British Film Institute Awards
- Won: Sutherland Trophy
- 1987 Asia-Pacific Film Festival
- Won: Best Screenplay – Edward Yang, Hsiao Yeh
References
- ↑ Jameson, Fredric, The Geopolitical Aesthetic. “Remapping Taipei.” London: BFI Publishing, 1992, pp. 114-157.
- ↑ Choi, Edo S.; Iovene, Paola, "A Time for Freedom: Taiwanese filmmakers in transition", doc films Spring 2009 Volume 3 Issue 3 (Doc film society, University of Chicago), retrieved April 28, 2009