Director：Chung Chuan
Cinematographer：Chung Chuan, Xu Jian, Alison Guo
Editor：Chung Chuan
Animation：Chen Jia Wei
Music：Seeyou@Sitar / http://www.wretch.cc/blog/seeyouband
Length：116 mins
production: 2004－2006
Synopsis:
The three cities Taipei, Beijing and Tokyo have been related by their past and their present and may also by their future. The relationship between them is vague but somehow crystal clear just like two points can form a straight-line while three points may be extended to form a circle.
The director have been to many cities of China during two years. He recorded the historical conflicts between the two sides of the Straits by shooting the life of the simple common people. The story begins from the summer of 2004, in which the director recorded two baseball games in two cities across the Straits. What is interesting is that the two teams both confront the Japanese team. Though the results of the game are the same , the attitudes of them are totally different. In this movie, the technique of comparison is used to present the problems between the two sides of the Straits. Also in this movie, the vagueness is presented in different times and spaces, and the story happened in Tokyo just witnesses all the past conflicts burst in this documentary.
Meanwhile, the director shot three stories about seeking Taiwan in China mainland. The first story is about finding Taiwan in China. It records a story of a group of fans from Beijing, China, who dearly loved the Taiwan singer A-Mei and some incidents that happened when they followed her. The second story is about a village couple from Fen Yang in Shanxi province who took their pictures before the marriage ceremony and their spark of love. The couple got married in their hometown one month later, at the same time they found Taiwan image existing everywhere in their hometown. The third story is about a little girl who entered the entertainment business because of a Taiwan idle. She was haunted by her memory after the changing of identity and time several years later.
Director’s statements:
Identity is such a strange thing, especially when a Taiwanese stays in mainland. Owing to my long-term working and studying in Beijing, I have deeply involved myself into this place. As time goes by, I have known better about China from my living experiences here. I am so surprised to discover that “Taiwanese Style”, which is perfectly infused into my perception of my hometown has gradually influenced the life here. I try to present other people’s point of view about Taiwan and record all these in my documentary film while my hometown is facing the biggest internal conflict and impasse in history. Because I believe that the power of culture can go beyond any national boundaries.