The Asian influence on Hollywood continues to go from strength to strength, with Free Solo achieving the heights of Oscars success last week, winning the Best Documentary Feature award. Directed by Chinese-American filmmaker Jimmy Chin and his wife Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, the film, documenting rock climber Alex Honnold’s free solo climb of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, will premiere on National Geographic tonight.
Chin’s parents Frank and Yen-yen Chin are originally from China, first moving to Taiwan, where they were educated, before emigrating to the US. “I loved going to the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in Taipei to watch old people doing tai chi,” recalls the director, whose father had kept pushing him to try harder and do better.
Meanwhile, the Best Animated Short Film award went to Bao, written and directed by Chinese-Canadian filmmaker Domee Shi. The movie tells the story of a Chinese-Canadian woman suffering from “empty nest syndrome,” whose life changes when one of her handmade “baozi” (steamed stuffed buns) comes alive.
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(Eddy Chang, Taipei Times)
亞洲影響力在好萊塢持續上升,《赤手登峰》更在上週成功登上奧斯卡獎的巔峰,勇奪最佳紀錄片獎項。該片是由華裔美籍的金國威與妻子瓦斯瑞莉共同執導,是關於攀岩家哈諾以單人徒手攀登上優勝美地「酋長岩」的壯舉!本片今晚在國家地理頻道首播。
金國威的父母金太平與金艷艷,都是從中國遷居至台灣並在本地就學,之後才又移民到美國。金導演回憶說︰「我最愛去台北市的中正紀念堂,看著老人們打太極拳。」而父親總是會督促他再努力點、把事做得更好。
此外,華裔加拿大籍女導演石之予編劇、執導的《包‧子》,亦榮獲奧斯卡獎最佳動畫短片。故事講述一名華裔加籍婦女受「空巢症候群」所苦,然而她手工製作的一顆包子竟然活了起來,她的生活也因此而發生改變。
(台北時報張聖恩)
The strongest earthquake to hit Taiwan in 25 years killed at least 16 people and damaged dozens of buildings, but the destruction was largely contained thanks to decades of preparedness work. Taiwan sits on the “Ring of Fire,” an arc of intense seismic activity along the Pacific Rim, and — much like neighboring Japan — has a long history of catastrophic quakes. How does April 3 compare with other recent quakes? The April 3 earthquake, which measured 7.4 on the moment magnitude scale, was felt across Taiwan. It was the most severe since a 7.6 magnitude quake in 1999 killed
A: Artificial intelligence technology has been causing controversy lately: a student was caught cheating with AI to win the grand prize in an art contest. B: That’s so absurd. Does this mean that AI paints better than humans? A: Maybe. Luckily, the student was later disqualified. B: And more absurdly, it’s becoming more and more popular to use AI technology to “resurrect” people. A: Yeah, some netizens even posted videos featuring the late singer CoCo Lee, who was “resurrected” by them with AI software. A: 人工智慧的爭議不斷,有學生違規使用AI參加美術展,甚至贏得首獎。 B: 真誇張,這是不是代表AI比人類還強大? A: 或許吧,幸好得獎資格被取消。 B: 還有更誇張的︰讓死者重現的「AI復活」技術越來越熱門。 A: 對啊,還有網友製作已故歌后李玟「復活」的影片呢! (By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times/台北時報張聖恩)
Around the time of the Dragon Boat Festival in June, the streets of Taiwan are filled with the delightful aroma of zongzi, a traditional snack made of sticky rice wrapped in leaves. The leaves are folded into a cone and then filled with sticky rice and other ingredients such as braised pork belly, peanuts and salted duck egg yolks. The filled leaves are then tightly tied with kitchen twine and ready for cooking. 每到六月端午時節,街頭巷尾就會飄出粽子的香氣。粽子是將糯米包進粽葉的傳統美食,先將粽葉折成圓錐狀塞入糯米,以及紅燒肉、花生、鹹鴨蛋黃等配料,用棉線綁緊後即可烹煮。 Dragon Boat Festival (n. phr.) 端午節 aroma
It’s another school day with the same ritual. You wake up to your smartphone’s alarm, scroll through messages during your commute, and listen to your favorite playlist with your wireless earbuds between classes. These devices, integrated smoothly into your daily routine, certainly make life more convenient. However, where do these devices end up after you replace them? In fact, the issue of electronic waste is a growing global concern. According to the United Nations, in 2019 alone, we generated an astonishing 53.6 million tons of e-waste—an average of 7.3kg per person. Projections hint at the figure soaring to 110