Anthology Film Archive to Present “TAIWAN B-MOVIES” Series, Shining a Spotlight on an Overlooked Era of Taiwanese Cinema History From December 2nd to 15th, Anthology Film Archive in New York will present “Taiwan B-Movies” series, featuring five representative films and the 2005 documentary TAIWAN BLACK MOVIES, online for free. The series shine a spotlight on a realm of Taiwanese cinema that has been largely overlooked.
Five Taiwan B-movies includes NEVER TOO LATE TO REPENT(錯誤的第一步, 1979), THE LADY AVENGER(瘋狂女煞星, 1981), ON THE SOCIETY FILE OF SHANGHAI(上海社會檔案, 1981), WOMAN REVENGER(女性的復仇, 1982), and THE CHALLENGE OF THE LADY NINJA(女忍者, 1983). The genre films were mostly based on appalling true stories, involving gangster, violence and sex. The victimization of women is also a key theme throughout many of the films, giving rise to a sub-genre of shockingly frank rape-revenge films. These films were so visually stunning that dominated Taiwan’s domestic box office at that time.
For better understanding the historical background of the Taiwan B-Movies, Anthology Film Archive invites TAIWAN BLACK MOVIES’ director Hou Chi-jan, producer Kelly Yang, film critic Cho Ting-wu, as well as contemporary artist Su Hui-yu to talk to the audience in pre-recorded introductions.
“Taiwan B-Movies” has been co-organized by the Taiwan Film and Audiovisual Institute (TFAI) and Taiwan Cinema Toolkit, and is supported by the Taipei Cultural Center of TECO in New York. For more information, please visit Anthology Film Archive's website: Anthology Film Archives : Film Screenings. Read more. |
NEVER TOO LATE TO REPENT (錯誤的第一步, 1979) Director: OUYANG Chun, aka TSAI Yang-Ming (歐陽俊/本名蔡揚名)
96 min｜35mm-to-digital｜In Mandarin with English subtitles. Read more. |
ON THE SOCIETY FILE OF SHANGHAI (上海社會檔案, 1981) Director: WANG Chu-Chin (王菊金)
91 min｜35mm-to-digital｜In Mandarin with English subtitles. Read more. |
THE LADY AVENGER (瘋狂女煞星, 1981) Director: YANG Chia-Yun (楊家雲)
90 min｜35mm-to-digital｜In Mandarin with English subtitles.
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WOMAN REVENGER (女性的復仇, 1982) Director: OUYANG Chun, aka TSAI Yang-Ming (歐陽俊/本名蔡揚名)
85 min｜35mm-to-digital｜In Mandarin with English subtitles.
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THE CHALLENGE OF THE LADY NINJA (女忍者, 1983) Director: LEE Tso-Nam (李作楠)
91 min｜35mm-to-digital｜In Mandarin with English subtitles.
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TAIWAN BLACK MOVIES (台灣黑電影, 2005) Director: HOU Chi-Jan (侯季然)
61 min｜16mm-to-digital｜In Mandarin & Taiwanese with English subtitles.
Trailer: 台灣黑電影.mp4
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