Terrorizers Kong bu fen zi
An uncompromising look into urban life from the eyes of a voyeuristic photographer, a rebellious teenager, and a married couple teetering on the edge of adultery. This acclaimed drama from the late Taiwanese auteur, Edward Yang (Yi Yi, A Brighter Summer Day), is presented in never-seen-before digitally remastered condition.
Winner of Best Feature Film and nominated for Best Leading Actress (Cora Miao) and Best Screenplay at the Golden Horse Film Festival. Winner of the Silver Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival.
Running Time
110 mins
Year
1986
Kanopy ID
4376003
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A beautiful film that deals with despair without romanticizing it.
Frederic Jameson himself once named this Taiwanese New Wave crime drama the quintessential postmodern film--and it isn't hard to see why. Shot with a particularly beautiful stillness, Edward Yang's TERRORIZERS refuses to provide its viewers with a sense of totality or cohesiveness. One is ...Read more
Frederic Jameson himself once named this Taiwanese New Wave crime drama the quintessential postmodern film--and it isn't hard to see why. Shot with a particularly beautiful stillness, Edward Yang's TERRORIZERS refuses to provide its viewers with a sense of totality or cohesiveness. One is haunted by the *idea* that a mysterious sequence of events exists between the many characters presented, but is unable to fully grasp this sequence until the very end. Ultimately, Yang's film captures the alienation of modern life and an inability to grasp one's position within an overarching narrative of history, urban space, or social order.
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