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Lived City (1): Love and Desire on Cities‘ Margins愛情萬歲 Vive L’amour 蔡明亮 Starting Questions What kinds of city-dwellers are the three protagonists? What do they have in common? Are they what Louis Wirth calls “anomie”? What does the title of the film mean? Do the characters ‘love’ or learn to love each other? Or maybe they are just drifters in the city as a Waste Land? How do they meet each other? Are there meanings in their chance encounters and hide-and-seek? Outline Anonymous people on the margins of a city Their lack; Their work; Their desire and daily routine Their chance encounters and meetings The title: ironical? Do they know how to love? 蔡明亮 and Taipei People on the Margins of Society Lack and Work Anonymous, not having a home or family; their past not known; Menial jobs -- always on the move, real-estate agent (Yang)– efforts in posting ads, cleaning the houses and killing mosquitoes; waiting all the time in boredom; sales person for columbarium (靈骨塔 小康): sending junk mails; wandering around, (with Chen) having no place to go but to his work places. illegal trader and vendor (Chen)– escaping from the police. People on the Margins of Society What they have in common Hunger and desire – their frequent actions: Eating, drinking, smoking and making phone calls. People on the Margins of Society How do they meet each other? Chance encounters ?Not having a home or family or fixed places to eat and sleep ? Choice The man and the woman ? McDonalds’ ? playing hide-and-seek afterwards. The man and 小康 ? live in an empty apartment for sale. ? develop comradeship when escaping from it together. The man and the woman Pretending ignorance, while chasing after and waiting for each other. Hunger, mutual needs – The man and 小康 Chance encounter – showing their interest in each other In the same boat –from antagonism to comradeship Is the title ironic? Do they know how to love? The title is ironic in the sense that love is important