In Our Time (1982 film)

In Our Time
Directed by	Tao Te-chen; Edward Yang; Ko I-chen; Yi Chang[1]
Produced by	Ming Che
Written by	Tao Te-chen; Edward Yang; Ko I-chen ; Yi Chang
Music by	Chen Yunshan
Cinematography	Chen Chia-mao
Edited by	Liao Ching-song
Production; company	Central Motion Picture Corporation
Release date	28 August 1982;
Running time	100,[1] 106[2] or 109 minutes[3]
Language	Mandarin; Southern Min

In Our Time (Chinese: 光陰的故事) is a 1982 Taiwanese anthology film directed by Edward Yang, Yi Chang, Ko I-Chen and Tao Te-Chen. [1] The film's four vignettes each take place in a different decade between 1950 and 1980 and depict characters at different points in their lives.[2] The film deals with a range of dramatic, comic, economic and social themes.[1][4]

The first two episodes are described as contemplative and dream-inspired, while the latter two episodes feature more dialogue and overt comedy.[3] The first segment, translated as "Dinosaurs"[5] or "Little Dragon Head",[3] is directed by Tao and follows a young boy who escapes from childhood bullying by retreating into a fantasy world populated by his dinosaur toys. The second segment, "Expectations" or "Desires",[4] is directed by Yang and stars Shi Anni as a young girl who becomes infatuated with an older man who is staying at her parents' house, but falls into a love triangle.[3] The third segment, "Leapfrog", is directed by Ko and follows a college student who deals with the pressures of life by joining a competitive swimming club.[3][5] The final segment, translated as "Show your ID"[5] or "Say Your Name",[3] is directed by Yi Chang and stars Sylvia Chang.[1] It follows a newly married couple who are accidentally locked out of their home and workplaces, to comedic effect.[3][5]

The film was produced by the Taiwanese Central Motion Picture Corporation, which had a reputation for conservative filmmaking.[4] Yang's segment was his first filmed work. Writing in his eponymous book on Edward Yang, John Anderson described Yang's segment as bringing "an almost documentary content to the Taiwanese feature, which is counterbalanced in Expectations by Yang's decidedly poetic rhythms".[4] The Harvard Film Archive described the film as "eschew[ing] studio-bound escapism and melodrama in favor of a hard-hitting cinema grounded in everyday life".[2] The film is sometimes cited as the foundational film of the New Taiwan Cinema.[1][3][2]

References

Vishnevetsky, Ignatiy. "In Our Time". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
"The Taiwan Stories of Edward Yang and Wu Nien-jen". Harvard Film Archive. Archived from the original on 24 May 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
Hu, Brian. "In Our Time". World Cinema Directory. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
Anderson, John (April 2005). Edward Yang. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 978-0-252-07236-9.
Yang, Jeff (2003). Once Upon a Time in China: a guide to Hong Kong, Taiwanese, and mainland Chinese cinema. New York: Atria Books. pp. 166–167. ISBN 978-0-7434-4817-8.

External links

In Our Time at IMDb
In Our Time at AllMovie
Guang yin de gu shi at Rotten Tomatoes

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[chicago-1] Vishnevetsky, Ignatiy. "In Our Time". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 27 July 2017.

[harvard-2] "The Taiwan Stories of Edward Yang and Wu Nien-jen". Harvard Film Archive. Archived from the original on 24 May 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2017.

[world-3] Hu, Brian. "In Our Time". World Cinema Directory. Retrieved 27 July 2017.

[anderson-4] Anderson, John (April 2005). Edward Yang. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 978-0-252-07236-9.

[once-5] Yang, Jeff (2003). Once Upon a Time in China: a guide to Hong Kong, Taiwanese, and mainland Chinese cinema. New York: Atria Books. pp. 166–167. ISBN 978-0-7434-4817-8.