TAIWAN’S URBANIZATION: 50S TO 60S

TAIWAN’S URBANIZATION: 50S TO 60S

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Outline General Introduction Analysis of 黃春明‘ s “The

Sandwich Man”-“The Sandwich Man”-“Vicky’s Hat” -“The Taste of Apple” Conclusion Works Cited

INTRODUCTION

Presenters: Ann, Grace

About the movie Time setting: 1960~1970s in Taiwan The Sandwich Man (1983)Three collections in the movie: Son’s Big Doll directed by Hou Hsiao-Hsien( 侯孝

賢 ,Taiwan) Vicky’s Hat by Zeng Zhuang-Xiang ( 曾壯

祥 ,Hong Kong) The Taste of Apples by Wan-Ren( 萬仁 )

Importance of the movie Taiwan’s New Wave cinema movement

(1980~1990s) Realistically, which preserves Taiwanese

movie style ( 寫實傳達台灣記憶的電影風格 ) 鄉土性

Novel: Son’s Big Doll Written by Huang Chun Ming( 黃春明 ), first published in 1969 Representative of 鄉土文學 (rural

life) Realistic, subjective Use satire to show people’s

influence from Japan or America

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Main Themes from the stories Foreign influences from Japan and

America Culture influence: clown, pot, apple Pressure from family: support family and

to meet family’s expectation Earn money to raise up children

THE SANDWICH MANSON’S BIG DOLL

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把歡笑帶給兒子把眼淚流給自己

Director: Hou Hsiao-Hsien 侯孝賢 leading figure of Taiwan’s

New Wave cinema movement

minimalist dramas dealing with the upheavals of the Taiwanese history

Style: long takes with minimal camera movement

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Other Movies by Director Hou

A City of Sadness (1989) a family caught in conflicts

between the local Taiwanese and the newly arrived Chinese Nationalist government after World War II

The Flight of the Red Balloon (2006)

his first Western project One Day In Taipei (2010) 6 min short film for Taipei Pavilion in Expo

2010 Shanghai China

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Plot summary In 1961 Kun-Shu found a job as a

sandwich man to promote movies for a movie theater.

He worked hard day after day. His wife said his son didn’t recognize him because of the clown face him had.

One day, he switched job to ride bike to promote movie

He is happy about this; however, when he got home, his son cannot recognize him without clown face.

Setting

StreetTrain Station

Main Characters

Kun-Shu A-Chu

A-LongTheater boss

Uncle

Pressure

Money

Foreign influences Western thought: religion

(Church)

Birth control: Chinese herbs vs. western medicine 樂普

Japanese influence: advertisement

sandwich man

Children’s rhyme “耶穌，耶穌，沒米可以吃。 爬到樹上吃番薯塊 上帝 ! 上帝 ! 賜我們吃、賜我們穿、賜我們放假，賜我們放屎”。

Children’s actions Tradition revolution The movie made people burst into tear 顛覆作用 , try not to use magic to again

the new head master Children simply call for a meal, or even

play tricks to these children.

THE SANDWICH MANSON’S BIG DOLL: FAMILY PRESSURE

Pressure of subsistence Poor family finance condition Lack of work opportunity The birth of son abortion or keep

it The idea of sandwich man get a

job

Pressure of subsistence Scolded by uncle people generally see his job with

negative perspective

Pressure of subsistence The result of sandwich man promotion

was bad 坤樹 felt depressed release pressure to

his wife

Urbanization Influence- Education 坤樹 didn‘t know how to write his son’s

name didn’t get the chance to be educated

Contrast between 坤樹 and students

Commercialization of human body 坤樹 promote movies through played as a

clown His body became a commercial tool

Commercialization of human body Be controlled by the product ad, system Short term and limited benefit

What’s the Ending mean?(clip) freeze shot Sandwich man human commercialized Physical labor occupy body and

thought Unhappy and tired but still…

小琪的那一頂帽子VICKY’S HAT

Presenters: Sharon & Silvia

Director曾壯祥　 (Zeng Zhuang-Xiang) Born in 1947, Hong Kong Taiwan New Movie in the 80s TV series, documentary

1983 年 The Sandwich Man ( 兒子的大玩偶 ) The second segment: Vicky’s Hat ( 小琪的那頂帽子 ) 　

1984 年 Natural is Quiet beautiful ( 霧裡的笛聲 ) 1985 年 A Woman of Wrath ( 殺夫 )

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Characters 小琪 (Vicky)

A school girl in 竹圍 who always wears a hat quiet

王武雄 Young and unsatisfied longing for a better job

林再發 Pressure from raising a family Devoted to his job

Plot 林再發 and 王武雄 were assigned to sell

Japanese pressure cookers in 竹圍 .

王武雄 met 小琪 and grew interest in her /wondered why she always wore a hat .

林再發 was hurt by the exploded pressure cooker and 小琪‘ s hat was taken by 王武雄 .

Vicky’s Hat

The spread of urbanization

Pressure cooker

Japanese influence

People’s movement

The Pressure Cooker 鈴木 Japanese Company

Sign of advancement happiness

Potential danger

Vicky Beautiful Quiet Distant Mysterious Hidden Scar

The Pressure Cooker People’s reaction

Curious

Not fully accepting

Disillusion Pressure Cooker explosion Vicky’s head uncovered

Shattered seashell

美麗’ s letter

Urban Citizens王武雄 林再發

Pressure The family’s expectation(escape from family/city/system)

Expecting a baby

Impression on the Pressure Cooker

-unreliable / unpractical( 我不會離開老婆去賣這種“鳥鍋” )

-can help him earn a good living

Impressionon 竹圍

-a remote countryside-kind of being banished

Without having specific bias/preferences

Language 再發 uses Mandarin to promote the pressure

cooker with an elder villager, who answers back in Taiwanese (13:48~14:22)

“Mandarin Campaign”: Mandarin: more urbanized? & Taiwanese: dialect?

再發 & the elder have no trouble understanding

each other

The Transition 王武雄 Begins to love the

countryside as time passes/ meets Vicky

• 林再發 “Internalize” with the

pressure cooker: sincerely considers the cooker as sth practical and useful

Regarding Urbanization……

City: a place w/ pressure & expectation → be trapped inside a system

Countryside: generous & friendly villagers -easy atmosphere/ life in slow motion

Time to think…. the failure of promoting the pressure cookers = a failure of

urbanization?

Is modernization/urbanization necessary?

Presenters: Kenton, Lee

Outline Director Plot Summary Background Main characters Signs of urbanization Symbol Conflict Conclusion

Director – 萬仁 (1950 – )

Taiwanese director Born in Taipei City During 80s, other Taiwan New Movie directors and he founded 「新浪潮電影公司」 Now he has his own company: 萬仁電影有限公司 His movies are focused and criticized of

Taiwan politics and society which be seen as one of Taiwan's important New Movie.

作品年表Year Movie1983 《兒子的大玩偶》第三段『蘋果的滋味』

1984 《油麻菜籽》

1985 《超級市民》

1995 《超級大國民》

1999 《超級公民》

2004 「風中緋櫻─霧社事件」（電視劇）2007 「亂世豪門」（電視劇）

Plot Summary 'The Taste of Apples' tells of a worker

who is run over by an American colonel and then taken to an American military hospital. His large family visits him there, where they are informed of the generous compensation they are due to receive. Moving to the city was perhaps not such a bad idea after all, especially if you are lucky enough to be run down by an American officer! (IMDB)

Main Characters

Relationship Name: 江阿發 (The

father) Intro: supported

the family. One day, he was accentually hit by a car driven by an American officer.

Name: 阿桂 (The mother) Intro: worried about

her husband as well as the financial support…

Important plots shown through clips 1. The accident happened. 2. The American officer went to their living place. 3. 阿發’ s wife as well as the family members

went to the hospital. 4. 阿發’ s wife was worried about the lose of

financial support. 5. They were very happy when the American

officer was willing to compensate their lose and adopt their daughter who was sent to America for study soon.

6. 阿發 seemed to be happy about the situation.

Symbol

dream of living in a better life American hospital1. American flag on the car2. Sister in the American

hospital3. the adoption of mute

sister4. U.S. dollar given by the

American colonel

American Chauvinism

Conflict

white American hospital

vs.

江阿發‘ s house

the pain of car accident the happiness shows on the family photo

the elementary school in countryside the elementary school in city

labors nurseAmerican car

Taiwanese ( 江阿發‘ s wife)English (American soldier)

don’t know how to open car’s door

Sign of Urbanization

before the car accident

1. the traffic light

2. telephoneafter the car

accident1. hospital

2. car / bicycle

3. wheelchair4. bathroom

Sign of Urbanization 1. 『嗨！在這個地方小孩玩捉迷藏最有意思啦！』跟在外事警官後頭的洋人笑著說。 2. 雨勢也一下子落得緊密，他們顧不得文明人造訪應有的禮貌，當阿桂母女兩人，從醃菜桶猛抬頭時，已經和這未經請進的外人駭然照個正面。 3. 『噢！上帝。』洋人又一次輕輕地呼叫起來。 4. 你不要以為一站，站到學期結束就可以不繳了。反正你不繳老師還有別的辦法。 5. ……『 叫我們母女六人怎麼活下去？怎麼活下去？

……』 6. 『你說來北部碰運氣，現在你碰個什麼鬼？ 』

Pressure from Life The uncertainty

of the future Financial

pressure

1. 『她想沒有爸爸工作，家裏就沒有錢了。這一次媽媽一定會把我賣給別人做養女。這一次不會和平時一樣，只是那麼恐嚇她，『阿珠，你再不乖我就把你賣掉！』但是，這一次阿珠一點都不害怕。她一味地想著當養女以後，要做一個很乖很聽話的養女，什麼苦都要忍受。 2. 『我們繳不起代辦費！』 3. 『我說做工那裏都一樣，他偏不聽，說在北部來碰碰運氣。現在！我們碰到什麼呀！天哪！我們碰到什麼來著？……』 4. ……『 叫我們母女六人怎麼活下去？怎麼活下去？……』 5. ……『 除了保險公司會賠償你以外，這一次在道義上格雷上校自己，還有因為公事的關係，他的服務機關也願意負擔責任，不會讓你們因為江先生的殘廢，生活發生問題。並且格雷先生想徵求你們的同意，想把你們的啞巴女兒送到美國去讀書。 6. 『這些汽水罐很漂亮，你們可不能給我弄丟了！』阿桂認真的警告著：『弄塊了，我可要剝你們的皮。』

Foreign Influence ( Post colonialism)

- Language 1. The interpreting

process in the small house

2. Mother doesn’t know English through walking into the male toilet說「 I’m sorry」，「門怎麼沒鎖好」；

3. Father speaks Mandarin and Taiwanese showing his straight forward talk from an honest man

Question

Do you have any other interpretations for the “apple”?

Conclusion Through the 3 films the transition as well as the

common points between 1950s – 1960 s is shown. In the first film urbanization has already appeared. And to the third one foreign influence cannot be resisted anymore.

Are developed things always good for us? From the pot in “Vicky’s hat” and the car in “The Taste of Apples”, it is a question for us to rethink.

Works Cited 李英明，《全球化下的後殖民省思 -後殖民理論的觀念溯源》，生智，台北， 2003

Frantz Fanon 、 Teshome H. Gabriel 《第三世界中的第三電影：解放的美學》（ Third Cinema in the third world ： the aesthetics of liberation ） 1982

佛朗茲．法農，《黑皮膚，白面具》，「黑人和語言」， P.76 ，心靈工坊， 2005 ，台北

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