【Humans of Taipei】來自濟南

“I am from Jinan and now visiting a relative in Taipei. I like Taipei. It’s an international city but not like Shanghai and Beijing, where people distanced themselves from others. Taipei has the warm hospitality and culture. And you can criticize the government and throw shoes to the authority…

“There are something in common. Cities in both China and Taiwan keep changing fast. Not only geographically but also the ideas of people. If no one keeps a record for the people, incidents and objects, these things just left us too soon. They just disappear from the cities. That’s why I quit my job as a film producer and switched to independent film producing. I’d like to start some documentaries.

“The movie industry is going bad. Commercialization doesn’t really matter, but what’s worse is the disrespect to the expertise. People are just making the news and and movies stars sensational. The audience taste is also getting worse.

“I like the writer of ‘The Grandmaster’. His name is Xu Haofeng. He is also a director. His work ‘Judge Archer’ might be the last movie shot with film stocks in China.”