What can a new Taiwanese drama, exploring the country’s complicated role as a Japanese colony during the Second World War, tell us about its media and current perceptions of its history?
It is always challenging to track the political and cultural progress of a place from afar, which for Taiwan is magnified by distance and strategic marginalization by China. But what this movie shows, and it is a universal message I think, is that we are often unaware of or inured to even our own stories. Movies not only bring us to awareness of these stories, but guide us to thinking about what to make of them. Thanks for this fascinating interview. I can’t wait to watch.
It is always challenging to track the political and cultural progress of a place from afar, which for Taiwan is magnified by distance and strategic marginalization by China. But what this movie shows, and it is a universal message I think, is that we are often unaware of or inured to even our own stories. Movies not only bring us to awareness of these stories, but guide us to thinking about what to make of them. Thanks for this fascinating interview. I can’t wait to watch.