The Terrorizers (film)

The Terrorizers
Directed by	Edward Yang
Written by	Edward Yang Hsiao Yeh
Starring	Cora Miao Lichun Lee Bao-Ming Gu Shi-Jye Jin
Cinematography	Wei-Han Yang
Edited by	Ching-song Liao
Distributed by	Central Motion Pictures
Release dates	1986
Running time	109 minutes
Country	Taiwan
Language	Mandarin Taiwanese

The Terrorizers (Chinese: 恐怖分子; pinyin: Kǒngbù fènzǐ) is a 1986 film by 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.

Cast

Cora Miao as Zhou Yufeng
Lichun Lee as Li Lizhong
Shi-Jye Jin as Xiao Shen
Bao-Ming Gu as Old Gu (A cop)

Critical reception

The Terrorizers is a part of the New Taiwan Cinema. "Famously characterized by Marxist scholar Fredric Jameson as the postmodern film,^[1] 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."^[2]

Awards and nominations

1986 Golden Horse Film Festival
- Won: Best Film
- Nominated: Best Actress – Cora Miao
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

↑ Jameson, Fredric, The Geopolitical Aesthetic. “Remapping Taipei.” London: BFI Publishing, 1992, pp. 114-157.
↑ Choi, Edo S.; Iovene, Paola, "A Time for Freedom: Taiwanese filmmakers in transition", doc films Spring 2009 Volume 3 Issue 3, Doc film society, University of Chicago, retrieved April 28, 2009

External links

The Terrorizers at the Internet Movie Database
Kong Bu Fen Zi at Rotten Tomatoes

Edward Yang

Films

As writer and director	"Desires" (short for the anthology film In Our Time; 1982) That Day, on the Beach (1983) Taipei Story (1985) The Terrorizers (1986) A Brighter Summer Day (1991) A Confucian Confusion (1994) Mahjong (1996) Yi Yi (2000)

Writer only	The Winter of 1905 (1981)

Producer	The Trigger (2002)

Composer	A Summer at Grandpa's (1984) Taipei Story (1985)

Plays

Likely Consequence (1992)
Period of Growth (1993)
A 1997 Rhapsody (1997)

Golden Horse Award for Best Feature Film

Sun, Moon and Star (1962)
The Love Eterne (1963)
— (1964)
Beautiful Duckling (1965)
Hsi-shih, Beauty of Beauties (1966)
Orchids and My Love (1967)
The Road (1968)
Spring in a Small Town (1969)
Home Sweet Home (1970)
The Story of Ti-Ying (1971)
Execution in Autumn (1972)
The Escape (1973)
— (1974)
Land of the Undaunted (1975)
The Victory (1976)
Heroes of the Eastern Skies (1977)
He Never Gives Up (1978)
The Story of a Small Town (1979)
Good Morning, Taipei (1980)
If I Were for Real (1981)
The Battle for the Republic of China (1982)
Growing Up (1983)
Old Mao's Second Spring (1984)
Kuei-Mei, a Woman (1985)
The Terrorizers (1986)
Straw Man (1987)
Painted Faces (1988)
Full Moon in New York (1989)
Red Dust (1990)
A Brighter Summer Day (1991)
Hill of No Return (1992)
The Wedding Banquet (1993)
Vive L'Amour (1994)
Summer Snow (1995)
In the Heat of the Sun (1996)
Comrades: Almost a Love Story (1997)
Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl (1998)
Ordinary Heroes (1999)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
Durian Durian (2001)
The Best of Times (2002)
Infernal Affairs (2003)
Kekexili: Mountain Patrol (2004)
Kung Fu Hustle (2005)
After This Our Exile (2006)
Lust, Caution (2007)
The Warlords' (2008)
Cannot Live Without You (2009)
When Love Comes (2010)
Seediq Bale (2011)
Beijing Blues (2012)
Ilo Ilo (2013)
Blind Massage (2014)
The Assassin (2015)
The Summer Is Gone (2016)

Sutherland Trophy winning films

Tokyo Story (1958)
The World of Apu (1959)
L'Avventura (1960)
Il Posto (1961)
Paris Belongs to Us (1962)
Muriel (1963)
Hamlet (1964)
Pierrot le Fou (1965)
The Man Who Had His Hair Cut Short (1966)
Samurai Rebellion (1967)
The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach (1968)
L'Amour fou (1969)
The Conformist (1970)
Four Nights of a Dreamer (1971)
The Hour of the Furnaces (1972)
Pirosmani (1973)
Martha (1974)
The Travelling Players (1975)
In the Realm of the Senses (1976)
Hitler: A Film from Germany (1977)
The Scenic Route (1978)
The Herd (1979)
The Falls (1980)
Two Stage Sisters (1980)
No Mercy, No Future (1981)
Elippathayam (1982)
Sans Soleil (1983)
This Is My Country (1984)
Yellow Earth (1985)
Comrades (film) (1986)
The Terrorizers (1987)
Yeelen (1987)
Pathfinder (1989)
The Fabulous Baker Boys (1990)
On the Wire (1991)
Proof (1992)
Vacas (1993)
The Scent of Green Papaya (1994)
The Silences of the Palace (1995)
Bob's Weekend (1996)
The Life of Jesus (1997)
The Apple (1998)
Ratcatcher (1999)
You Can Count On Me (2000)
The Warrior (2001)
Carnage (2002)
Osama (2003)
Tarnation (2004)
For the Living and the Dead (2005)
Red Road (2006)
Persepolis (2007)
Tulpan (2008)
Ajami (2009)
The Arbor (2010)
Las Acacias (2011)
Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)
Ilo Ilo (2013)
The Tribe (2014)
The Witch (2015)
Raw (2016)

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