Howdy!
Is everyone enjoying the snow? How weird is our weather?!
Anyway, I just wanted to remind everyone that my video for my presentation was already posted earlier, (about three posts below I believe) called “Video in Advance.”
How is everyone enjoying the film? I think it is important to recognize that there is no plot. With a film like this, I don’t think there needs to be one. Director Yang intended for his audience to pick up on the other themes he has created, therefore he chose to focus less on a plot.
What did everyone think of the security guard that stole money from the girls? It is amazing how corruption seems to exist everywhere, yet in this setting the crime was matched with punishment.
Another major theme that I see is how hard women have to work to make a living. Tao has 3-4 different jobs, so that she can live in a small dormitory-like room. Even with Anna (the German) who has to resort to prostitution just to get out of the city, represents the hardness of urban life that these women have chose.
Lauri Said:
on April 7, 2007 at 5:57 pm
I thought the same thing about the girls! Taisheng seems to be able to take off whenever he wants yet Tao is always working and in different roles; Anna had to become a prostitute to survive; Youyou basically prostituted herself just to get a promotion; the girls in the club . . . well, we don’t need to go there. Qun seems to be successful but you can’t like her because she has a husband and is messing around with another girl’s man.
I also found it interesting that The World also had the same element as Blind Shaft with the dead worker and the company paying the family. Now I know American companies have death benefits, but I don’t think they meet with the boss/lawyer who hands them a stack of money. The karaoke club is a carry-over as well. Looking at the two as a primary source, do you think the similarities add more of an element of truth and believability?