A Descriptive Analysis of the Development and Decline of New Taiwan Cinema, 1982-1986 Page: 92
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This poem seems to portray what the poet sees, but it also expresses the
poet's feelings.
Metonymy and ellipsis are two other important figures in poetry. The
film A Time to Live, a Time to Die seems to be about a family, but Hou
connects the history of the family to the history of Taiwan. He used exact
historic codes to indicate the times when events happened. The death of
the old generation and the maturing of the new generation parallels the
changes in Taiwanese society. This is an example of metonymy.
The use of ellipsis in New Cinema is expressed through the narrative.
The narratives in these movies are episodic and fragmentary rather than
linearly constructed. There seems to be a big gap between each episode
and event, a period of time that is omitted without explanation. In
describing events, a lot of details have been omitted, too, especially those
scenes and shots that could generate significant emotion. In That Day on
the Beach, there is a scene depicting a argument between a son and his
father. When the younger sister comes back and finds a broken cup on
the floor, it shows that the fight has ended, but none of the fight itself is
ever shown.
The directors' use of off-screen space and the soundtrack to further
the narrative achieves the effect of ellipsis, creating more meanings with
a single shot. In A Summer at Grandpa's, there is a scene in which the
boy goes to a pool room with his uncle, and his uncle leaves him alone
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Lin, Ying-chia, 1969-. A Descriptive Analysis of the Development and Decline of New Taiwan Cinema, 1982-1986, thesis, December 1993; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc277612/m1/97/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .