| 英文摘要 |
This thesis is initiated by my long-term concern for the filmic representation of the off-shore islands of Taiwan.The three documentary films produced between 1993 and 2001 I have chosen deal with a variety of subjects related to Orchid Island.Neither a naive nor a prejudiced filmmaking, the films are abundant with local and ethnographic knowledge.In particular, they attempt at representing Orchid Island on two levels.The first addresses that of Orchid Island’s encounters with modernity, while the second, that of the camera’s encounter with those encounters—or rather, its involvement in them.For the films, Orchid Island is no longer a visual spectacle or object to consume; rather, it has become a living subject with her own voice. |
