Our screening on Thursday 7 September will be introduced by Tony Rayns and will be followed by a post film discussion in the Garden Cinema bar.
Made one year before the better-known omnibus film The Sandwich Man, In Our Time is the work that first announced the coming of the New Taiwan Cinema. Consisting of four segments, each set in different decades from the 1950s through the 1980s, and dealing with protagonists at different stages of life between childhood and young adulthood. Edward Yang made his cinematic debut with the second segment, 'Expectations', the story of an adolescent girl in the 1960s whose life is given a jolt by the arrival of a slightly older male student as a lodger in her house. Taken as a whole, In Our Time announces the ambition of the New Taiwan Cinema: to eschew studio-bound escapism and melodrama in favor of a hard-hitting cinema grounded in everyday life.
Cast:
Sylvia Chang, An-ni Shih, Lee Lichun
Senthoran Perananthan posted their thoughts on In Our Time 2 months ago
Whilst I was not certain of what I should pursue or what I wanted to achieve creatively, I have known with certainty that Tony Rayns did it. I can’t say what exactly but his life and work embody a spirit of joy that will always inspire me.
It was a true pleasure to be able to exchange a few words Mr Rayns. His insights have been invaluable i…[Read more]