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Hear Me (Taiwanese Film_聽說)

(雖然不確定有沒有國外友人會來走走看看:p, 為了推廣台灣國片,本文以英文撰寫, ) The initiative of this film was due to 21st Summer Deaflympics in Taipei, year 2009. Honestly, I didn't expect that much in the beginning. However, after watching the film, it's actually Not that about Deaflympics: No propaganda, no overwhelmed advertisement. Instead, you see a story about dreams(夢想)and people who pursue them, in their own paths. The way of story telling is customary for usual Taiwanese movies where you did not find complex story lines, not many characters, the background of story is set in the ordinary families. As citizens of Taipei, you may see these kind of families living around the corner of your street; you may buy lunch boxes from this kind of family-owned restaurants everyday. Yes, it's all connected, it's the miniature of our society. To communicate via sign languages, one might need to "Look", to "Tap" each other to draw the attention. For me, the focus and attention you have to...

Düsseldorf_JapanDag

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身為全歐洲日本人密度最高的城市,位於德國的 Düsseldorf 當仁不讓地舉行了一年一度的 日本日-Japan Dag 旅遊網站上 對Düsseldorf (杜塞道夫) 的介紹是: Dusseldorf,is one of the nicest towns in Germany. It is a handsome and elegant, modern city on the banks of the Rhine River. Düsseldorf is also a city where everything is close together. 以上敘述,就像是被發好人卡一樣, 是個很Nice, 很handsome,很elegant的城市,然後鄰近萊茵河. 句子最後總是會有個 : 可是 (BUT..). 對我而言, Düsseldorf是個擁有很多碰不得的Handsome cars, 許多摸不到的Handsome men, 買得起但價格不太Handsome的日本貨的城市. (Handsome car - and man) 套一句丸尾的發語詞 : 總而言之呢, 是個不具強烈特色的城市.當然,你可以爭論,龐大的日本社群,已經是極具特色之處. 這一點我不否認,甚至覺得十分好奇其成因. 一則道聽塗說 (個人對話 et al. 2010) 是說,在二戰之後, 跟日本同為戰敗國的德國,對日本人相當敬重, 答應特別闢出一區讓日本人大量移民; 另一則說法 則是Düsseldorf為日本企業在歐洲總部最密集的地方. 只可惜,日本日當天, 最認真出席Cosplay 的,並不是廣大日本同胞,反倒是德國同學們,各個使出傳家寶: 另一個可惜的點是, 除了老人比劍道, 小孩踢柔道之外, 沒有太多其他精采的表演; 攤位也是稀稀疏疏的, 一攤賣假髮,一攤比下棋...正在Orz之際, 高潮出現了....遠方傳來一陣陣吵雜且嘻笑的聲音..我們跑去湊熱鬧, 原來有一群"300壯士"....這裡的定義是,加起來300歲的壯碩人士, 正在街上遊蕩,供人拍照和品頭論足. 看的人和被看的都笑嘻嘻,且享受阿公們的幽默. 直到一個穿西裝外套的印度人出現為止............................... 印度人顯然醉了要不就...