Taiwan film director issues rare warning to his own people
My children and I just watched “Beyond Beauty,” the half-baked English name of a 90-minute film shot from the air over Taiwan.
(Children got bored half way through and expected to go home early by whining, feigning hunger and starting to cry. They need to learn cinemetiquette before the next movie.)
For adults, this film tells the obvious story of factories, fish farms and high-mountain agriculture destroying Taiwan. It tells the less-obvious tale that Taiwanese themselves either A) don't notice or B) notice and blame their government or some god. The Taiwanese director suggests that his people A) give more rat's asses and B) blame themselves for environmental destruction. These two pieces of advice are seldom heard, let alone taken because people are way too cool and complacent ("we're better off than before and better than China").
(Children got bored half way through and expected to go home early by whining, feigning hunger and starting to cry. They need to learn cinemetiquette before the next movie.)
For adults, this film tells the obvious story of factories, fish farms and high-mountain agriculture destroying Taiwan. It tells the less-obvious tale that Taiwanese themselves either A) don't notice or B) notice and blame their government or some god. The Taiwanese director suggests that his people A) give more rat's asses and B) blame themselves for environmental destruction. These two pieces of advice are seldom heard, let alone taken because people are way too cool and complacent ("we're better off than before and better than China").