group 6 – the cabbie avon chen may lee shirley lee tina tseng miley yen amy chiu
TRANSCRIPT
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GROUP 6 – THE CABBIE
Avon Chen
May Lee
Shirley Lee
Tina Tseng
Miley Yen
Amy Chiu
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Is this movie a post-modern film?
1. Comedy2. This film is rather different from those we‘ve watched in the MOOC class
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Post-modern features in this film
1. The characters themselves2. the connection between Da Chuan and other characters 3. death
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Outline
I. Flâneur a. The definition of flâneur b. Two theories
II. Characters and their occupations a. The occupations among characters (1) Flâneur (2) Non-Flâneur
III. Death a. Related to career b. Related to relationship between characters c. Related to comedy representation
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Outline (cont.)
IV. Relationship between characters a. Family relationship b. Romantic relationship c. Da chuan and Ah-di
V. Flâneurial look a. Movie analyzed through the Flânuerial look
VI. The Ending a. Alive or dead
VII. Taxis around the world
VIII. Q&A
IX. Conclusion
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I. Flâneur
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FlâneurParis. London 19th century: Capitalism City: where people can wander Bourgeois; gentleman stroller of city streetsRichTime to fool around
Showing off
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Gustave Caillebotte. Paris Street, Rainy Day, 1877.
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Flâneur
19th-20th century
Bourgeois
consumers
Internet wanderer
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Flâneur
I. The effects of the modernization of the city
City landscape
Arcade in Paris
Crystal Palace in London
Streets
Department stores
Shopping mallCreating lots of possibilities
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Flâneur
II. The response to the modernization of the city
City landscape
Three groups
Consumers
Workers: ragpicker, prostitute, taxi driver
Artists
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Walter Benjamin
Consumers
Workers: ragpicker, prostitute, taxi driver
Bourgeoisconsumers: walking commodity
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Charles Pierre BaudelaireArtists
Writer
Idle stroller
The representative modern figure in the capitalist
metropolis
Wandering among the flux and flow of the crowd
on the city streets and arcades
Keenly observed and studied the crowd with
aloof detachment
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II. Characters and their occupations
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Professions & The Triangle Relationship
Death
Police
Cabbies
Scientist/Forensic
莊靜文
媽媽(游希子)小妹妹夫
蘇大全爸爸(蘇周)蔡仔阿東蟹仔阿亮
張仔
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Taxi DriversName Special features/behaviors
蘇大全 A car lover since his teenage
爸爸 The owner of the taxi agency / Experienced driver
蔡仔 Skillful driver / A show-off
阿東 A multi-tasking driver
蟹仔 Skillful driver / Stubborn personality
阿亮 A poor driver (a very poor one!)
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Who’s a Flâneur?
張仔
Name Special features/behaviors
蘇大全 A car lover since his teenage
爸爸 The owner of the taxi agency / Experienced driver
蔡仔 Skillful driver / A show-off
阿東 A multi-tasking driver
蟹仔 Skillful driver / Stubborn personality
阿亮 A poor driver (a very poor one!)
張仔 A cleaner of accident scenes
Waiting for costumers $ Observing people and the city
An artist
Waiting for accident to happen $ Waiting for chance to earn money
A ragpicker
“View their taxis as their home.” (The Cabbie)
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III. Death
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Death• Related to Career
• Taxi Driver• Police • Coroner
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Death• Relationship
• Between Daquan’s (大全 ) parents
• Between Jingwen (靜文 ) & Daquan’s family
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Death• Comedy representation
• Humorous & Ridiculed• Car accidents• Parent’s relationship• The ending
• Incongruity Postmodern features
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IV. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CHARACTERS
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Family Relationship (1)
Father Mother
A Quan Sister
• A common nuclear family• Harmonious
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Family Relationship (2)
• Traditional• Different types of taxi drivers
A Quan’s Fmaily 車行
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Romantic Relationship (1)• 運轉手之「戀」 -> Theme : LOVE!• Father & Mother• Sister & the doctor of• A Quan & Jing Wen
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Romantic Relationship (2)
Father
Mother
• Mother & her suitorsnot matched because of her occupation
Death is uncomfortable to deal with for the others
• Father & Mother
taxi driver & coroner
death is common
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Romantic Relationship (3)
A-Quan
Jing-Wen
• Taxi driver & the police
Conflicts• In common w. each other:
• Death• Floating in the city, on the road• Meeting different kinds of people
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People to People• Father’s attitude toward the wounded patients of the car accident caused by
their taxi drivers• The family’s attitude toward the car accidents vs. The parents attitude toward
soap dramas
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People to Objects
• 我與阿弟
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V. FLÂNEURIAL LOOK
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Flâneurial Look
“Flâneurial look”:
* Shuttling through streets: Urban maze→marginal experience: multiple/ deep and dark/ obscure urban space
- The variety of modern city- The mobility of the viewer/flâneur
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Flâneurial Look in The Cabbie (運轉手之戀 )
Flâneurial Perspective—蘇大全
- The variety of modern city- The mobility of the viewer/flâneur
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Flâneurial Look in The Cabbie (運轉手之戀 )
The variety of modern city: Multiple people, multiple characters (眾生相 ) :→ “people sometimes reveal their deepest secrets to the people who they just met” (The Cabbie).
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Flâneurial Look in The Cabbie (運轉手之戀 )
The mobility of taxi drivers:
Pros Cons
free dangerous
confinement: not that free; limited in the vehicle
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Compare to Other Vehicles
Cab Bus Train/MRT
Route free regular regular
Interaction with passengers
yes less no
Vulnerable to accidents
yes yes (but less) no
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Tavi drivers in other films
Taxi Driver (1976, Martin Scorsese, dir.)
Taxi(1998, Gérard Pirès, dir.)
Taxi(2004, Tim Story, dir.)
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VI. The Ending
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How do your interpret the last scene of the movie?
ALIVE?
DIED?
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Let’s see everybody’s reaction!
Who is back?Da Chuan’s spiritWounded Da
Chuan
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Da Chuan is Alive!
1. His wife goes back to kitchen to prepare his meal.
2. I do not believe that a spirit can be seen
3. If he is dead, why his mom and wife can be this calm?
CALM CALM
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Da Chuan Died!1. He = Ah-Di
2. What does the script mean by “our
turn”?
Former script: See, car accident happened
again. But the difference is…
( 你們看又發生車禍了,但不同的是…… )
*Note that every car accidents in front of
their house take people’s lives away.
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Da Chuan Died!
She hears someone is slamming on the brake Maye another accident happened?
*Life is as usual. Nothing change, but da Chuan leaves them.
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VII. Comparisons of taxis
United States England Japan
Mexico Germany Malaysia
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Taxis around the World
United States England Japan
Mexico Germany Malaysia
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Q & A1.Do you have any special experiences when taking
taxi?
2.Do you think Da Chuan is alive or dead at the end of
the movie? And why?
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IX. Conclusion
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Thank you