The Image Of The Rational, The Art Of Speculation - Edward Yang Film Study

As a delegate of new movie in Taiwan, Edward Yang's films always have being rational dispassion for Taiwan's society realism. His films are filled with abundant and profound thought and meanings . His films always exert a subtle influence on audiences . After comparing some scenes in his films to their experience in reality and connecting characters of part in his films with themselves , audiences form strong sympathy in sensibility and achieve abundant aesthetic sentiment . Edward Yang's films artistically and truly reproduce complicated modern Taiwan society . Its dominant thought is the root of Taiwan society that Edward Yang has being seek in his films . The root is the Chinese traditional thought and civilization that can not renew during Taiwan's economy rapid development . To reflect the thought and meanings in Chinese tradition awkward condition as real as possible in Taiwan urban society which is effected by west modern civilization , Edward Yang's films' story is also impersonal and real as much as possible . It makes the complicated film idea conceal rational thought as not to be found . As analyzing and researching narrative technique, select material, language , title and finality with some imago in Yang's films , the text brings out Yang's films' rational thought in the complicated story . Moreover , the text should forecast his films' future from a number of problems which he cannot resolve .