Art of Andrew C.C. Huang

Sense and Sensuality ---Art-House Master Tsai Ming-liang discusses his new movie “The Wayward Cloud” and his philosophies in a moody, existential interview --- By Andrew Huang Contributing Writer (This article originally appeared in Taiwan News on Friday, February 18, 2005) For all the film buffs out there, Taiwan’s film world enfant terrible Tsai Ming-liang is back again with his new movie “The Wayward Cloud,” his bravest and most controversial work so far. Tsai’s latest movie “Wayward Cloud” is a daring, envelope-pushing movie about the lives of pornography performers. Tsai’s long-term actors Lee Kang-sheng portrays a porn actor while Chen Shiang-chyi portrays a librarian girl who starts a relationship with Lee and ends up discovering that he is a porn actor. The movie contains colorful musical scenes and sexually explicit scenes. The movie is selected for the official competition section in the 2005 Berlin Film Festival, which will wrap up its week-long even...

Love, Friendship, Jealousy and All That Eternal Summer Directed by: Leste Chen Starring: Bryant Chang, Hsiao-chuan Chang, Kate Yeung Release date: October 13, 2006 Reviewed by Andrew C.C. Huang Directed by Taiwan up-and-coming director Leste Chen, “Eternal Summer” is part of a Taiwan New New Wave films that feature coming of age story with teenage protagonist and told in accessible plotlines. It’s also a piece of the growing canon of Taiwanes queer movie with “The Wedding Banquet” and “Vive L’Amour” as its progenitors and “Blue Gate Crossing” and “Spider Lily” as the recent examples. That said, “Eternal Summer” is also one of the best Taiwanese films of the year. Director Chen, who put his name on the cinematic map last year with the ghost thriller “The Heirloom,” also the second highest grossing film n Taiwan in 2005, proves his mettle by serving up this poignant tale about interwoven love and friendship among three high school students. Jonathan (played by Bryant Chang) is an honor s...