The 4th Taiwan International Documentary Festival: Bleep! all you white people

However that sort of rhetoric sounds -- a step forward or a step backward -- it's definitely not easy listening. It suggests that we don't all need to just get along, to get along.

FILM NOTE:

Taipei 101: A Travelogue of Symptoms (Sensitive Version)

Directed by James Hong

Running time: 23 minutes

Screening times and location: Tonight, 7:40pm, Taipei Spot; Wednesday, 2:30pm, Shih-ming Hall of Taiwan Cement Building

病癥紀實

詹姆斯洪

美國

一名亞裔美國人在前來台灣的朝聖之旅上，邂逅了外觀美國化的強力效應。他發現，當今全世界最高的台北101、台灣文化和他自己的意識，都無可抹滅地被全球化、美國、資本主義以及白種男人掌權所註記著。就好像白色口罩保護人們不受SARS感染一樣，片中消音的對話讓敏感的觀眾，不至於因為不適宜的話，以及不想看到的病癥而被冒犯了。然而，想像或假定的東西，往往都比隱匿的東西更令人不快。