tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16398571.post114311550909648402..comments2023-10-30T11:57:26.749+01:00Comments on SCREENVILLE: The Wayward Cloud (4/4)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16398571.post-61637542722160601652008-10-06T17:07:00.000+02:002008-10-06T17:07:00.000+02:00That's more or less what I thought in my analysis ...That's more or less what I thought in my analysis of the musical numbers, in the previous post.<BR/>It's quite uncommon to mix politics and sexuality.<BR/>Maybe in Makavejev's <B>Sweet Movie</B>, where the love boat has a figurehead of Marx at the prow.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for leaving a comment on this old post. I appreciate.HarryTuttlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10721542203087536185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16398571.post-63868284454729376662008-10-06T16:23:00.000+02:002008-10-06T16:23:00.000+02:00i think this falls into the category of tsai's lov...i think this falls into the category of tsai's love for traditional taiwanese symbols or rituals, like the ricecooker or the superstition of hsiao-kang's mother in "the river" and "what time is it there". in the latter movie chiang kai-shek has also already appeared in form of a photograph in the room of hsiao-kangs dead father.<BR/><BR/>but maybe the statue here has also something to do with weinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08933748331273958610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16398571.post-36357638226554416652008-10-06T11:54:00.000+02:002008-10-06T11:54:00.000+02:00By the way, do you have a theory about the meaning...By the way, do you have a theory about the meaning of the Chiang Kai-Shek statue in the musical number? That's another puzzling mystery to me.HarryTuttlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10721542203087536185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16398571.post-64127496773761871632008-10-06T11:48:00.000+02:002008-10-06T11:48:00.000+02:00Thank you for the info. The cardboard stewardess i...Thank you for the info. <BR/>The cardboard stewardess interpretation was just a wild guess. It's mysterious. Maybe Tsai used it because the sign happened to be around at the time, just by chance.HarryTuttlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10721542203087536185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16398571.post-71266141999963460032008-10-06T10:31:00.000+02:002008-10-06T10:31:00.000+02:00i just wanted to point out that, china airines is ...i just wanted to point out that, china airines is a taiwanese airline and air china the chinese one ;) <BR/><BR/>so that way, the theory of taiwan standing in between china and japan doesn't make any sense. <BR/><BR/>i've been also trying to figure out the meaning of the cardboard stewardess for some time, but still without any success!weinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08933748331273958610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16398571.post-46177105295508251962008-03-28T18:22:00.000+01:002008-03-28T18:22:00.000+01:00re: the last BJ shot.Maybe the "Vagina dentata" ph...re: the last BJ shot.<BR/>Maybe the "Vagina dentata" phobia would be a better interpretation to understand the wall division, the grate section and the "oral-vagina" of this underarchieved sexual intercourse.<BR/>Thanks to Jim Emerson (at <A HREF="http://blogs.suntimes.com/scanners/2008/03/when_vaginas_attack.html" REL="nofollow">Scanners</A>) for pointing this out.HarryTuttlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10721542203087536185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16398571.post-1143769721264849132006-03-31T03:48:00.000+02:002006-03-31T03:48:00.000+02:00We could free-associate on the China/Japan allegor...We could free-associate on the China/Japan allegories present in the final scene (mean satyrical caricatures revealing Tsai's dispise while hidden by symbolism)<BR/><BR/>This China Airlines sign didn't end up by chance in the frame obviously!<BR/><BR/>China = cardboard-thin (smooth talking diplomatic facade), two-faced (fake frozen smile in front, and noting behind), immobility (inertia), HarryTuttlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10721542203087536185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16398571.post-1143385099901874102006-03-26T16:58:00.000+02:002006-03-26T16:58:00.000+02:00What do you think this epilog means in the film? I...What do you think this epilog means in the film? Is it a hopefully happy denouement or a cynical outrageous climax?HarryTuttlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10721542203087536185noreply@blogger.com