If I Were for Real (film)

If I Were for Real

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Chinese 假如真的
Mandarin Jiǎrú Wǒ Shì Zhēnde
Directed by Wang Toon
Produced by Feng Chih-chia
Screenplay by Chang Yung-hsiang
Based on If I Were for Real
by Sha Yexin, Li Shoucheng and Yao Mingde
Starring
Music by Cary Chan
Cinematography Lin Hung-chung
Edited by Hsieh I-hsiung
Release dates
  • 21 August 1981 (1981-08-21)
Running time
99 minutes
Country Taiwan
Language Mandarin

If I Were for Real is a 1981 Taiwanese drama film directed by Wang Toon.[1] It is an adaptation of the 1979 play of the same name by Sha Yexin, Li Shoucheng and Yao Mingde, set in mainland China. The film made some changes to the story to turn "the satirical comedy into political propaganda which condemns Chinese communism".[2] The film was banned not only in mainland China (like the play), but also in British Hong Kong until 1989.[3]

Cast

Differences from the play

As a propaganda film that condemns communism, the film "in a total disregard of the inherent ambiguities in the play" made a number of "changes which drastically alter the meaning", according to Gilbert C. F. Fong.[2]

Theme song

Teresa Teng sang the theme song, which was included in her 1981 album of the same name. (In the film, Farm Director Zheng secretly listens to Teresa Teng's "When Will You Return?" and hides a picture of her on the back of a Chairman Mao portrait.)

Awards and nominations

1981 18th Golden Horse Awards[5]

The film was also selected as the Taiwanese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 54th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.[6]

See also

References

  1. "If I Were for Real". Trove. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
  2. 1 2 Fong, Gilbert C. F. (1987). "The Darkened Vision: If I Were For Real and the Movie". In Tung, Constantine; Mackerras, Colin. Drama in the People’s Republic of China. SUNY Press. pp. 233–53. ISBN 0-88706-389-6.
  3. Lee, Daw-ming (2013). Historical Dictionary of Taiwan Cinema. The Scarecrow Press. pp. xxxv. ISBN 978-0-8108-6792-5.
  4. Li Zongtao (2009-08-25). "沙叶新 我遇到的那些真人假人" [Sha Yexin: Those Real and Fake People I've Met]. Southern People Weekly (in Chinese).
  5. "2016 台北金馬影展 Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival". Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  6. Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

External links

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