GOOD MORNING, TAIPEI (102mins)

Director LEE HSING
Taiwan | 1979 | 102 min | Mandarin w/ES

YEH Tein-lin (Kenny Bee), a college dropout and a loose singer seems never to take his life seriously. But he gradually changes as he finds more about the life of his orphan friend’s girlfriend SU Chi (Joan LIN), a radio station broadcaster. The 1979 mandarin classic, directed by LEE Hsing, the master of "healthy realism" in the 60s and 70s, boasts some of the most popular mandarin pop songs. Capitalizing on the pop culture and melodrama, HOU Hsiao-hsien's screenplay nevertheless adopts a loose story line and heralds a transition to what is considered later the first New Wave in Taiwanese Cinema. Some elements have transformed; others have evolved and been absorbed by the following generations, resonating even today with the contemporary Taiwanese titles in this year’s lineup.

The screening is made possible by the support of Richard Suchenski (Center for Moving Image Arts, Bard College). Print courtesy of the Center for Moving Image Arts, Bard College.

Scholar HONG Guo-juin, Associate Professor of Chinese Literature and Culture at Duke University, will be in attendance to introduce the film.

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