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Deaf Major 
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TITLE |
City
of Sadness (1989) |
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ALT__TITLE |
Beiqing
chengshi |
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NOTES |
In
Taiwanese, Japanese, and Mandarin |
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City of
Sadness - it's a 'Robert Altman-type' film about the |
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1947
massacre (by the National Party), otherwise known as |
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the February
28 Incident. The film revolves round the family |
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whose lives
are torn apart by the arrest of the youngest son |
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who owns a
photography studio. He's "deaf-mute" (the actor |
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is hearing).
It's a powerful, complex film. I believe it caused an |
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uproar as
the massacre incident was never discussed in |
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public -
until the film was released. I tracked this one down |
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after
reading about it in a book about Chinese films. |
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Notes
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