Lu Pan and Yu Araki share home video-footage of their 90s childhoods in all their funny, celebratory, awkward and banal glory. Edited together remotely during the pandemic, the two artists discuss early home video technology, the social status of this footage in different contexts (both migrated as children), and also how these images were made and circulated. Their playful yet insightful conversation stitches the chaotic footage together and gives new life to a nostalgic form of cinema.
台湾极北:基隆港,恶浪滔天,压抑隐晦。湿滑的乡道中是爱美的灯光和歌女轻佻的吟唱。生活于此的私娼见证着人生的起落离合,她们和神明共处一室,阴阳莫辨;台湾极南:拾废品的老阿婆穷苦一生,看见世态炎凉,在月琴的伴奏下,她的歌声催人泪下;台湾极西:原生态的家乡正被远方的工业文明吞噬,少年品尝着初恋的甜蜜和苦涩,背井离乡;台湾极东:原住民小兄弟结束了学校的学业回到家中,父亲的唠叨,兄弟的玩笑,全部湮没在大海的咆哮之中。本片荣获2002年台湾国际纪录片双年展国际影带竞赛评审团特别推荐奖、2002年金穗奖最佳纪录录影带奖。