| Date & Time: | 11/20/2009 6:30 PM - 10:30 PM | | Department: | Film and Media Studies | | Event Title: | The Film and Video Center Presents: Aquarium & Qing Shaonien Ne Zha (Rebels of the Neon God) | | Place: | McCormick Film Screening Room, HG 1070 |
| AQUARIUM, Directed by Tsai Ming-Liang, Taiwan/Brazil, 2004, 10 min. DVD
Segment of an omnibus film, BEM VINDO A SÃO PAULO, coordinated and written by Leon Cakoff, in celebration of the 450th anniversary of the city of São Paulo, Brazil.
QING SHAONIEN NE ZHA (REBELS OF THE NEON GOD), Written and Directed by Tsai Ming-Liang, Taiwan, 1992, 106 min., 35mm In Mandarin with English subtitles
In this first major opus by a leading exponent of Taiwanese Second Wave cinema, the lives of alienated youth from two sectors of Taipei society converge in a criminal act, leading to revenge. Documentary strategies are brought to bear on this “no holds barred” depiction of urban Taiwan in the nineties. The film won the Golden Horse Award for Best Original Score at the 1992 Golden Horse Film Festival, the Bronze Award at the 1993 Tokyo International Film Festival, and the Best International Film Award at the 1993 Torino International Festival of Young Cinema. |
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