"Tiny Times" Complex:the Research Of Taiwan New Youth Film

After the review of Taiwan films in one hundred years, we can feel the charm and accumulation. Since the beginning of "Happenings in Ali-shan" in1949, Taiwan films just have substantial development. And Taiwan films are in multiple types, such as "Political Propaganda Film","Healthy Realism Film","Taiwanese Film","New Film Movement".As a representative style of Taiwan films, Youth Film also has gone through three periods,"Student film","New Film Movement" and "the Transformation Period". At the beginning of the21st century,"Blue Gate Crossing" takes Youth Film to a new trend. These youth films are different from the previous. In this thesis, these films are called New Youth Film."Cape No.7","Monga","You Are the Apple of My Eye" and other youth films, these are all welcomed in the mainland and Taiwan. In recent years, the mainland also produced some youth films, like "So Young" and "Tiny Times". In particular, there are a lot of controversies and discussions about "Tiny times". In this film, there are many cultural characteristics of Jameson’s Postmodernism. These characteristics also appear in the Taiwan Youth films.Regardless of the quality of the film "Tiny Times", the word "Tiny Times" is very special. It differs from the history and the era. Many special meanings are in this word. Based on others’researches, this paper tries to make a new summary."The Privacy of Individual"," Focusing on the present" and "Historical separation" are all included in the word "Tiny Times".Combined with the cultural characteristics of Jameson’s Postmodernism, such as "Obliterating the Depth","The Disappearance of the History","The disappearance of the distance" and so on, this paper uses a new concept, named "Tiny Times" Complex. This thesis analysis new youth films in three chapters, including theme, history background, time and space."Exit No.6","Miao miao","Colorful Mind","You Are the Apple of My Eye","First Page Taipei", and "Summer Times",they are placed under the microscope of this research. Comparative study is also in the paper between the Old and the New Youth Film. At the end, the paper discusses the background and environment behind the "Tiny Times" Complex, and also looks forward to a new direction in the future of Taiwan Youth Film.