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Ergej irekhgüi namar (2022)
Reflecting and Shedding Tears over the Interplay of Father-Son and Friendships"
The emotional power of this film is immense. It comes to a halt at the most challenging moments for the characters, as if the storyline can't move forward in the face of unsolvable dilemmas.
While you can pick out quirks in the dialogue and find elements of the plot design that resemble the work of a novice, we immerse ourselves in the movie with our eyes, ears, and senses, experiencing the relationships between the characters that are incredibly genuine and moving. Who wouldn't fall in love with such a stubborn yet sincere child? The expressions of emotion, somewhere between friendship and father-son bonds, are so pure and unforgettable that I gradually forget about those shortcomings.
Jen hsuan chih jen tsao lang che (2023)
Chinese/Taiwanese Democracy in a Capsule: Humorous, Pessimistic, and Striving
This series fully embodies the spirit of Taiwan as a country where the people are the main focus. I believe that the above statement will cause a great uproar, such as Chinese people saying, "Taiwan is a part of China, not a country." I do not deny the Chinese people's position.
Although the lighting is harsh, the music is a bit too popular, and the humor is exaggerated, the series "Wave makers" showcases the character of Taiwanese people through these flaws. Unlike the conspiracy and intentional murder cases in Korean dramas, this drama is a simple political drama that discusses the behind-the-scenes staff of presidential candidates. Through this, we will see the pain, sadness, and laughter of the staff. They are campaign aides, the makers of waves, the makers of presidents, husbands, granddaughters, and even mistresses.
In the past, some have said that democracy is an invention of Europe and America, not a common heritage of humanity. This film does not discuss the most sensitive issue between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait - unification or independence, but it was enough to make China's largest film review website, Douban, stop the comment function for this series. Without comments or ratings, this series will not have too much attention, because a little attention will reveal the noisy atmosphere of this life, where the people have painful struggles, but at the same time, they are free and fresh. Comparing the observation results above to China, this series becomes a troublesome creator, so let's just mute the people directly.
The plot is smooth, the acting is natural, and all the actors are the best in Taiwan. Moreover, you can taste the work style of Taiwanese people without traveling - a bit pessimistic, humorous, competitive, and striving. Highly recommended.
Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
Between Beauty and Banality: After the 95th Academy Awards
It's a pity that "Tar", "Triangle of Sandness" and "Fabelmans" were overlooked. I especially feel regretful for the critical potential of "Tar's" screenplay, but perhaps its cultural critique has already offended many people.
As for "Everything, everywhere all at once", winning multiple awards has made many people dissatisfied (while others ecstatic). I want to say that its collage-style and infinitely expansive surreal fantasy are advantages, but they can also easily become confusing and lose gravity. However, it is precisely this "but"! It doesn't lose its gravity and become disconnected from reality. It's the ugly reality, the only true universe of the laundry shop that belongs to you and me.
My personal interpretation is that the redemption in this movie is ultimately for the audience, not for the mother (female) character in the movie. Although her thoughts are fragmented into many different universes, having seen both the good and the bad, she still cherishes the most original life of the laundry shop.
I feel like it's a postmodern world where all narratives are fragmented, noisy, and seem like "nothing really matters" (just like the daughter in the movie who wants to escape into the void). When the subject "I" loses all corresponding or caring objects, when the self is infinitely large and she can become everything, her existence also loses meaning. But in the movie, the mother and daughter still cuddle up to each other in the physical universe of the laundry shop.
In fact, it's a very "Forrest Gump"-like motivation, and a bit hasty, but we movie viewers are also in this unique physical body, aren't we? (Assuming that the mother Evelyn really leaves the universe of the laundry shop and goes to the universe of actors, never to return, and Michelle Yeoh who won awards now is her, would the audience be happier or angrier?) What is worth examining carefully is how the discourse in the movie argues that the mother and daughter will accept the original universe of the laundry shop and achieve reconciliation.
The controversy and reflection it sparked, the fragmented arguments and multiple perspectives are precisely its value, attempting to expand the multiple possibilities of movies that we can see in the future.
Kaleidoscope, it's beautiful and banal like a kaleidoscope. The work has the ability to reflect different meanings and values over time and with different people. I still don't think it's beautiful, but rather anxious and at a loss, just like our daily lives. Who knows how many universes are hidden in our minds and bodies at the same time.