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Wikipedia article
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|director=Edward Yang
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|producer=Hsu Kuo-liang
|cinematography=Chang Chan
|editing=Liao Ching-song
|music=Weng Hsiao-liang
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|runtime=110 minutes
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|studio=Central Motion Pictures
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'Terrorizers' is a 1986 drama film by acclaimed Taiwanese filmmaker Edward Yang.
Plot
The film concerns the coincidental interactions between three groups of people in Taipei: a young woman and the tough petty criminal gang of Native Taiwanese she hangs out with; a Mainlander doctor and his novelist wife; and a young photographer who observes the life of the city unfolding around him, in an echo of the protagonist of Michelangelo Antonioni's 'Blowup'.[https://www.villagevoice.com/2016/10/19/the-city-as-escape-room-yangs-the-terrorizers-remains-a-puzzle-without-a-solution/ The City as Escape Room: Yang's 'The Terrorizers' Remains a Puzzle Without a Solution - The Village Voice]
Cast
*Cora Miao as Zhou Yufen, a depressed novelist
*Lee Li-chun as Li Lizhong, a hospital professional and Zhou Yufen's husband
*Chin Shih-chieh as Shen, Zhou Yufen's ex who owns a company
*Wang An as teenaged hustler
*Liu Min as the girl's mother
*Yu An-shun as the girl's partner in crime
*Ku Pao-ming as Gu, police chief and Li Lizhong's friend
*Ma Shao-chun as young photographer from a rich family
*Huang Chia-ching as the photographer's girlfriend
Reception and legacy
'Terrorizers' is a part of the New Taiwan Cinema.[https://mubi.com/films/the-terrorizers MUBI] "Famously characterized by Marxist scholar Fredric Jameson as 'the' postmodern film,Jameson, Fredric, The Geopolitical Aesthetic. Remapping Taipei. London: BFI Publishing, 1992, pp. 114-157.[https://chicagoreader.com/film/exiles-in-modernity/ Exiles in Modernity - Chicago Reader] the film was likened by Yang himself to a puzzle where the pleasure lies in rearranging a multitude of relationships between characters, spaces, and genres."
Awards and nominations
*1986 Golden Horse Film Festival**'Won': Best Feature Film
**Nominated: Best Leading Actress Cora Miao
**Nominated: Best Original Screenplay Hsiao Yeh and Edward Yang
*1987 Pesaro Film Festival
**'Won': Best Director
*1987 Locarno International Film Festival
**'Won': Silver Leopard
*1987 British Film Institute Awards
**'Won': Sutherland Trophy
*1987 Asia-Pacific Film Festival
**'Won': Best Screenplay Edward Yang, Hsiao Yeh
References
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