Set in mid-80's Taiwan, ‘Taipei Story' tells the tale of childhood-sweetheart-turned-adult lovers Lung (in a rare acting performance from Hou Hsiao-Hsien) and Chin (played by Tsai Chin, a Taiwanese pop star and Edward Yang's wife at the time) as they try to build a life for themselves. “ Taipei Story “ is screening at Five Flavours Asian Film Festival Yang's sophomore feature film ‘Taipei Story' is no exception working alongside prolific director Hsiao-Hsien Hou, this depiction of young adults navigating a dreadfully uncertain new time is so universally relatable that even viewers in 2021 are bound to experience a palpable sense of melancholy throughout its two hour runtime. Throughout his all-too-brief filmography, the seven full-length titles he produced are arguably some of the most retrospective films to ever grace the world theater. T Cereal, an actual product from the “A-Team” idol with its own aggressive catchphrase (“I pity the fool who don’t eat my cereal!”), also featured memorably in Burton’s 1985 breakout film “Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure.Edward Yang began filmmaking while he was in his 30's, and died of cancer at the young age of 59. There are creepy, childlike choral-enhanced musical cues reminiscent of the Tim Burton/Danny Elfman collaborations of the period DC Comics titles Wonder Woman and Green Lantern, cover-accurate to 1985, the latter when John Stewart took over for Hal Jordan a shout-out to the X-Men’s mutant-locating Cerebro tech, a nerds-only reference decades before Marvel Comics’ team starred in mainstream movies and that most unlikely of breakfast selections, Mr.
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The list of pop culture references grows and grows, from the arcane to the sublime: the Tiger Beat heartthrob-ness of “Karate Kid’s” Ralph Macchio, today playing the same role in the critically praised YouTube Premium series “Cobra Kai” Dustin’s walkie-talkie call signs “Gold Leader” (referencing “Star Wars”), “Griswald Family” (the “Vacation” franchise) and “Goof Troop” (the animated TV series starring Disney’s Goofy as a single dad) and the emerging mythology behind the My Little Pony toys. (Photo by Silver Screen Collection/Archive Photos/Getty Images) Silver Screen Collection/Archive Photos/Getty ImagesĪ network away, Tom Selleck and “Magnum, P.I.” were having a profound effect on ’80s masculinity, sparking a Hawaiian shirt craze and a serious appreciation for prominent facial hair, as reflected in Hopper’s sartorial choices. Tom Selleck as the in 'Magnum, P.I.', circa 1985.
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More movie references abound: along with “BTTF” the Starcourt multiplex marquee advertises a distinctly “Stranger Things”-adjacent roster of 1985 films: “The Stuff,” cult filmmaker Larry Cohen’s satirical horror film sending up consumerism “D.A.R.Y.L.,” featuring a sophisticated A.I., in the form of a child, on the run from its government makers and “Fletch,” the Chevy Chase comedy about a snarky undercover journalist that could serve as a funhouse mirror reflection of Murray Bauman.Įven Carpenter’s 1982 film “The Thing,” with its Mind Flayer-evoking protoplasmic biology and tendrils, gets referenced both in movie poster form and in Lucas’ eloquent analogy comparing the movie and its 1951 precursor “The Thing From Another World” to Classic and New Coke: they have distinctly different flavors, but you can enjoy them both. The film remains the gold standard of sci-fi/retro/teen comedy, and as such its influence on the laugh-leaning season 3 is deeply felt, overtly (the scene revealing the DeLorean’s 88 mph time-traveling capabilities plays on the multiplex screen), in tips of the hat (Dustin’s inventions, like his automated hammer, evoke Doc Brown’s Rube Goldberg-esque creations) and even more subtle nods (fans of composer Alan Silvestri will zero in on orchestral sequences that evoke his signature “BTTF” score later in the season).
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