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ᴊɪᴍᴍʏ'ꜱ ᴄɪɴᴇᴍᴀ ᴘᴀꜱꜱᴘᴏʀᴛ 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘴. 𝘌𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦- 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦-𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦-𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘵, 𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦-𝘱𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘦𝘳𝘢 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘮𝘢 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺.

This 𝘛𝘢𝘪𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘛𝘈𝘐𝘞𝘈𝘕 issue explores independent films released towards the end of and after the country's martial law period (the earliest film is from 1986; latest 2003). It was a sad, lonely time, and all these films reflect that feeling with lasting effect in striking ways. Were I to sum up this very expansive but impressively unified aesthetic era on both a technical and metaphoric level, I'd say this: long takes in wide shot.

This zine includes six films by six directors. There are some surprises in there, but I'll drop a few names:
‣ Edward YANG
‣ HOU Hsiao-hsien
‣ TSAI Ming-liang
‣ Ang LEE

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𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵, 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘺𝘭𝘦𝘴, 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝙋𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩 𝙂𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙧𝙮