{"id":3653,"date":"2014-10-06T14:03:08","date_gmt":"2014-10-06T18:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/?p=3653"},"modified":"2014-10-06T14:03:08","modified_gmt":"2014-10-06T18:03:08","slug":"taiwan-filmmaker-chang-jung-chi-on-partners-in-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/taiwan-filmmaker-chang-jung-chi-on-partners-in-crime","title":{"rendered":"Taiwan Filmmaker Chang Jung-chi on \u2018Partners in Crime\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/files\/2014\/10\/BzO65FDIMAM-NBC.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3654\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/files\/2014\/10\/BzO65FDIMAM-NBC-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"BzO65FDIMAM-NBC\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/files\/2014\/10\/BzO65FDIMAM-NBC-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/files\/2014\/10\/BzO65FDIMAM-NBC.jpg 553w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Taiwanese filmmaker Chang Jung-chi Joyu Wang\/The Wall Street Journal<br \/>\nTaiwanese filmmaker Chang Jung-chi established himself with his<!--more--> 2012 debut feature \u201cTouch of the Light,\u201d an uplifting true-life story about a young blind piano prodigy. In his second film, the mystery-thriller \u201cPartners in Crime,\u201d Mr. Chang takes on the darker side of teenage life.<br \/>\nThe movie follows three high-school boys who become friends as they investigate the death of a female student, which may have been by suicide. The emotional bond between the boys develops and then disintegrates amid lies and deceit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a story about friendship, with some mysterious elements, but it\u2019s less important than what I want to say about relationships\u201d in society, said the 34-year-old Mr. Chang, who gained attention when he won two prizes for \u201cTouch of the Light,\u201d including best new director, at Taiwan\u2019s Golden Horse Awards in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPartners in Crime,\u201d which opened in Taiwan on Sept. 26, is currently showing at the Busan International Film Festival.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Chang spoke to the Journal about the film and his views on teen social issues. Edited excerpts:<\/p>\n<p>A scene from \u2018Partners in Crime\u2019 Hong Kong International Film Festival Society<br \/>\n\u201cTouch of the Light\u201d is about hopes and dreams, and \u201cPartners in Crime\u201d is a fictional thriller. But do they share any common themes?<\/p>\n<p>Yes. By contrast, [the two movies are] totally different. However, the male lead in \u201cTouch of the Light,\u201d who cannot see, belongs to society\u2019s vulnerable groups and he is similar to the kids [in \u201cPartners in Crime\u201d], whose characteristics are also seen as vulnerable. But what they are longing for is the same: warmth, family care, recognition and more friends.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.wsj.com\/chinarealtime\/2014\/10\/06\/taiwan-filmmaker-chang-jung-chi-on-partners-in-crime\/\">For detail please visit here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taiwanese filmmaker Chang Jung-chi Joyu  &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/taiwan-filmmaker-chang-jung-chi-on-partners-in-crime\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[232],"tags":[1005,1004,229],"views":3648,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3653"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3653"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3653\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3655,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3653\/revisions\/3655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}