History that own people do not want to forgot, for those who don't know must to know that history (henious) of white terror martial law period.
My first taiwan movie I am watched, Detention" is quite layered and well written, resulting in a film that is truly intriguing, to say the least. The film that begins as a thriller/survivalhorror, but using the White Terror period as background, soon becomes a historical political statement about the specific era, through the story of the protagonists
The story takes place during the 60s, the White Terror martial law period, a time when free speech was restricted and political literature, particularly text that were considered in favor of the Left, prohibited.
One day, Mr Chang disappears and Fang and Ray find themselves trapped in the school, which has changed in unsettling ways, as it seems completely abandoned, apart from the presence of demons. Searching for all the people missing, including Mr Chang, they gradually unravel the events that took place in the school and the role Fang played in them.
however, I can easily say that the atmosphere of the White Terror age and the consequences it had on people, both psychological and in the way their lives was eventually shaped, is highlighted quite thoroughly.
Shieh Meng-Ju's artful editing, that connects the different aspects of the film in a way that makes sense, while also retaining a very fitting, relatively fast pace. Furthermore, Chou Yi-hsien's cinematography is also quite accomplished, in both the depiction of the supernatural-horror setting of the "present" and the realistic-dramatic of the "past". Must watchable film.
My first taiwan movie I am watched, Detention" is quite layered and well written, resulting in a film that is truly intriguing, to say the least. The film that begins as a thriller/survivalhorror, but using the White Terror period as background, soon becomes a historical political statement about the specific era, through the story of the protagonists
The story takes place during the 60s, the White Terror martial law period, a time when free speech was restricted and political literature, particularly text that were considered in favor of the Left, prohibited.
One day, Mr Chang disappears and Fang and Ray find themselves trapped in the school, which has changed in unsettling ways, as it seems completely abandoned, apart from the presence of demons. Searching for all the people missing, including Mr Chang, they gradually unravel the events that took place in the school and the role Fang played in them.
however, I can easily say that the atmosphere of the White Terror age and the consequences it had on people, both psychological and in the way their lives was eventually shaped, is highlighted quite thoroughly.
Shieh Meng-Ju's artful editing, that connects the different aspects of the film in a way that makes sense, while also retaining a very fitting, relatively fast pace. Furthermore, Chou Yi-hsien's cinematography is also quite accomplished, in both the depiction of the supernatural-horror setting of the "present" and the realistic-dramatic of the "past". Must watchable film.
