Taiwan Film InstituteThe Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York is pleased to announce that two Taiwanese films The Man who has a Camera (Liu Na’ou, 1933) and A Morning in Taipei (Pai Ching-jui, 1964) will be screened as part of the "City Symphonies" series by Anthology Film Archives (AFA) on January 18 at 6:45PM.
The genre of City Symphony took shape during the 1920s and evolved into the following decade with dozens of variations. These shorts and feature films have no characters and no plots, but seek to document and depict cities and capture the sensation of living in a city.
Originally shot on 9.5mm stock, The Man who has a Camera contains five episodes: People, Tokyo, Sightseeing, Canton, and Parade. The film was donated to the Taiwan Film Institute in the late 20th century by filmmaker Liu Na’ou's grandson and afterwards restored and released episode by episode.
A Morning in Taipei by Pai Ching-jui premiered in the US last October as part of “Imaging the Avant-Garde: Taiwan's Film Experiments of the 1960s” series at the AFA. Well received by the audience, it has been brought back to the "City Symphonies" series.
Date and Time: Friday, January 18, 6:45PM
Venue: Anthology Film Archives (32 Second Avenue, New York, NY 10003)
Tickets: $12 (Available at AFA's box office on the day of the show only. The box office opens 30 minutes before the first show of the day.)
For more information, please visit Anthology Film Archives.
