The Taiwanese Lgtb love drama “Your Name Engraved Herein” opens with the popular quotation from The Song of Solomon 8:7 about the power of love that can neither be quenched by water, nor drowned by the floods: “If a man would give all the substance of his house for love, his offer would be viewed with utter contempt.” And the religious reference is in its right place as an introduction to the interesting chapter of the Taiwanese (relatively recent) history marked by political changes, which was at the same time stuck in stubborn conservatism.
“Your Name Engraved Herein” screened at Osaka Asian Film Festival
One of the titular characters – Chang A-Han (Edward Chen), a young student with a despotic father and a strict Catholic upbringing, is faced with many challenges. It’s 1987, shortly after the Martial Law in Taiwan was being lifted, and the wind of change is still blowing very mild over the society.
“Your Name Engraved Herein” screened at Osaka Asian Film Festival
One of the titular characters – Chang A-Han (Edward Chen), a young student with a despotic father and a strict Catholic upbringing, is faced with many challenges. It’s 1987, shortly after the Martial Law in Taiwan was being lifted, and the wind of change is still blowing very mild over the society.
- 3/15/2020
- by Marina D. Richter
- AsianMoviePulse
When we first started the Who Goes There Podcast in May 2013, I wanted to inform people of the most vile, grotesque, nigh unwatchable horror films I could find. My goal was to bring the movies that I loved to the attention of an audience who otherwise may not know they exist. Upon the list of […]
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- 8/13/2018
- by Matt Smith
- DreadCentral.com
Stars: Jessica Cameron, Jim Van Bebber, Scott Gabbey, David E. McMahon, Gene Palubicki, Maureen Pelamati, Josh Townsend, Scott Alan Warner, Andy Winton | Written and Directed by Stephen Biro
When you think of the Guinea Pig series you think lo-fi, low budget exploitation shockers that push the boundaries of taste and decency, packed with gore and not much story. Which is essentially what Stephen Biro and co. brought to American audiences with the first film in the American Guinea Pig series… What you don’t think of with this particular franchise is a well-presented, well-constructed, well though-out horror that is packed with gore yet still gives the likes of Blumhouse a run for their money in terms of production values and storytelling.
But that’s Exactly what you get with American Guinea Pig: The Song of Solomon.
In fact The Song of Solomon is so well-polished that the film could have...
When you think of the Guinea Pig series you think lo-fi, low budget exploitation shockers that push the boundaries of taste and decency, packed with gore and not much story. Which is essentially what Stephen Biro and co. brought to American audiences with the first film in the American Guinea Pig series… What you don’t think of with this particular franchise is a well-presented, well-constructed, well though-out horror that is packed with gore yet still gives the likes of Blumhouse a run for their money in terms of production values and storytelling.
But that’s Exactly what you get with American Guinea Pig: The Song of Solomon.
In fact The Song of Solomon is so well-polished that the film could have...
- 3/26/2018
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
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