-
The government is going
to call off all garbage runs.
-
We are being driven out of this place.
-
This is not fair to the people
who live here.
-
If the epidemic is really prevailing
in this area...
-
they should have done something
a long time ago...
-
but they didn't do a thing about it.
They didn't try to protect us.
-
Now look at us. The disease is
wide-spread and everyone is sick.
-
Now they want us to move into tents
and schools like refugees.
-
Why should I cooperate with them?
-
With no prevention,
the epidemic will break out.
-
THE HOLE
-
What if we were
carrying the virus?
-
You can't just move us
anywhere you want to.
-
Some people have
lived here for generations.
-
The government can't make us
leave our homes.
-
A TSAI MING-LIANG FILM
-
I'll just dump my rubbish anywhere.
To hell with our government.
-
I'll dump my garbage where I can't see it,
or somewhere other people can't see it.
-
Or I'll just put them wherever
other people put them...
-
They should burn us all,
-
together with the garbage!
-
Taiwan's Health Administration...
-
has issued a statement...
-
in response to sharp criticism
from WHO.
-
Though we haven't been able to identify
the name of this epidemic or its origin,
-
we are very confident that
we can take care of it in the shortest time.
-
The Water Company
also announced...
-
that starting in the year 2000...
-
it will cut off the water supply
to all quarantine zones.
-
And now here's our report.
-
"After thorough consideration,
We have come to this painful decision."
-
"In compliance with
the government's all-out evacuation"
-
"this company will cut off
all water supplies to quarantine zones..."
-
"starting midnight, January 1st, 2000."
-
"Or those who still live
in the quarantine zone, please leave."
-
"Do not hesitate."
-
"It would be foolish to assume..."
-
"one can live on rainwater."
-
"It is impossible."
-
Seven days to go now...
-
until the year 2000.
-
Excuse me.
Are there any leaks in here?
-
Nope.
-
There's a bad leak downstairs.
One wall is dripping wet.
-
They asked me to check around.
Can I have a look inside?
-
But there's no problem here.
-
There could be
a busted pipe still.
-
I really need to have a look.
Just a peek.
-
Thanks.
-
Sorry for the bother.
-
Don't water your plants
with tap water.
-
Let it sit in a container
for 2 or 3 days.
-
The take surface water only,
using a bowl,
-
to water your plants with it.
-
But what about drinking water?
-
Some families
don't have a water purifier.
-
In the past,
they used to boil the water...
-
for 3 to 5 minutes...
-
to get rid of chlorine or nitrogen.
-
The only thing is that you have to finish
the water in two or three days.
-
How about the pipes?
The pipes...
-
In the area of Shihlin this afternoon...
-
a man was found
hiding under his bed for 8 hours.
-
Chang Gung Hospital,
where he was later admitted,
-
has confirmed he is the latest victim
of this end-of-the-millennium virus,
-
following two reported outbreaks
in both the Hsimen and Wanhwa areas.
-
Panic is rising in the Shihlin area.
-
The government
is watching the situation closely.
-
More details in our midnight report.
-
And now we'll introduce you to the fine
culinary art of instant noodles!
-
Our first dish.
Instant noodles with pickles.
-
The ingredients are simple.
-
Let's choose our pickles.
If you have Korean style pickles at home...
-
it will be perfect.
-
If you don't like the spicy Korean pickles,
Chinese pickles work just as well.
-
Other then pickles,
we also need packs of instant noodles.
-
Our packs if it's a dinner for four,
one if you're cooking for yourself!
-
What kind of noodle?
Any kind!
-
It can be with bean sauce,
-
beef, pork paste, herbs and ribs...
as you like it!
-
Be it "Mei-Mei," "Wantze,"
or "President."
-
Any brand will do.
-
Enough talk,
-
Miss Spice Girl starts cooking now!
-
And now we'll boil the water.
-
I know you can manage that!
Get yourself a pot and just add water.
-
As I told you before,
-
let the water boil
for at least 10 minutes,
-
or it'll give you diarrhea.
-
We don't want that, do we?
-
So remember
what Miss Spice Girl said.
-
At least 10 minutes!
-
Okay, pour the water into the pot.
That should do.
-
That's enough
for one pack of noodles.
-
A large bowl of water.
-
Bring it to a boil for 10 minutes,
-
and cook for 3 minutes maximum.
-
Or al dente, 2 minutes will do...
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Oh Calypso, Oh Calypso
-
I hop, I jump, I love the Calypso!
-
Oh Calypso, Oh Calypso
-
Don't tell me I'll get tired of it
-
Twist and turn,
let's all do the Calypso!
-
I strut like a proud
and handsome rooster
-
Arms flapping, chin up,
everyone shout hooray!
-
I move one step forward
and one step back
-
I twist and I turn
with endless pleasure
-
I really don't need
to pour my heart out
-
I just follow the drum
and find the right beat
-
To forget my hard day
of endless labors
-
Nights are made
for sweet and carefree joy...
-
Oh Calypso, Oh Calypso
-
I hop, I jump, I love the Calypso!
-
Oh Calypso, Oh Calypso
-
Don't tell me I'll get tired of it
-
Twist and turn,
let's all do the Calypso!
-
Oh Calypso, Oh Calypso
-
I hop, I jump, I love the Calypso!
-
Oh Calypso, Oh Calypso
-
Don't tell me I'll get tired of it
-
Twist and turn,
let's all do the Calypso!
-
Don't tell me I'll get tired of it
-
Twist and turn,
let's all do the Calypso!
-
Don't tell me I'll get tired of it
-
Twist and turn,
let's all do the Calypso!
-
Kitty.
-
Kitty!
-
Kitty.
-
Can I help you, sir?
-
Do you have this kind of bean sauce?
-
This brand was discontinued
long time ago.
-
We have the same thing but only in
different brand.
-
Kitty
-
Kitty
-
Kitty
-
Go away, don't come back
-
Come on now, take a hike
-
You're a nuisance,
You don't stand a chance
-
I will never hold you back!
-
Go away, don't come back
-
Come on now, take a hike
-
You're a nuisance,
You don't stand a chance
-
'Cause you're always talking back!
-
Don't call me your Tiger Lady
-
You are not the perfect hubby
-
You're so penniless,
Completely useless
-
What a nasty jealous sod, you!
-
Go away, don't come back
-
Come on now, take a hike
-
You're a nuisance,
You don't stand a chance
-
'Cause you're always talking back
-
Don't talk back
-
Don't call me your Tiger Lady
-
You are not the perfect hubby
-
You're so penniless,
Completely useless
-
What a nasty jealous sod, you!
-
Go away, don't come back
-
Come on now, take a hike
-
You're a nuisance,
You don't stand a chance
-
'Cause you're always talking back
-
you always talk back...
-
Talking, talking, talking, talking...
-
I won't be your Tiger Lady no more!
-
Come out of there!
-
Stop it, please!
You hear me?
-
Get out of there.
Be a man!
-
Get out now!
-
Please, get out.
-
What are you doing?
-
Please, stop it.
-
You're scaring me to death.
-
Get out now, please.
-
Are you the tenant of Apt. No. 804?
-
I'm your downstairs neighbor.
-
The plumber will come
and fix the hole this afternoon.
-
Will you be home then?
-
Maybe.
-
You have to.
-
Or else it'll never get fixed.
-
What do you mean,
"It doesn't matter"?
-
Do you think you're the only plumber
left alive around here?
-
You think you're so damn good?
-
- Did you just use the toilet?
- Why?
-
Because there's a leak
above my toilet.
-
Can you stop using yours?
-
I'll ask the plumber to fix it.
-
What are you doing here?
-
Drunk again?
-
What are you doing in there?
-
Get a hold of him!
-
Open the door.
-
Just leave the stretcher here.
-
In the most bizarre case so far,
-
a patient was found
hiding in the sewer for 6 hours.
-
They're like roaches.
They fear light.
-
A French virologist
from the Institut Pasteur,
-
Dr. Carpentier,
-
suggested that the virus be called
"the Taiwan Virus"...
-
and the epidemic,
"Taiwan fever."
-
The crisis team announced its findings
in a conference today.
-
It seems that the patients
first develop flu-like symptoms.
-
Days later, they develop
bug-like behaviors such as crawling,
-
photophobia and a tendency to hide
in dark and humid corners.
-
Experts call it
a "roach-like crawling."
-
It is suspected that the cockroach
is the host insect of the virus.
-
Dr. Carpentier says the cockroach
is the host insect of various viruses...
-
and a known allergic factor.
-
Its body and excrement
contain a special protein.
-
This kind of protein
can withstand hours of intense heat.
-
Sir, this place is going
to be fumigated. It's not safe.
-
Please leave for now.
-
I...
-
I want...
-
I want you...
-
I want you to...
-
What I want is your love
-
So why don't you come a bit closer?
-
I...
-
I want...
-
I want you...
-
I want you to...
-
What I want is your love
-
So why don't you speak to me
sweeter?
-
I...
-
I want...
-
I want you...
-
I want you to...
-
What I want is your love
-
So why don't you come a bit closer?
-
I...
-
I want...
-
I want you...
-
I want you to...
-
What I want is your love
-
So why don't you talk to me
sweeter?
-
So why don't you say
Oh why don't you say
-
Why don't you say
that you love me?
-
Coconut milk?
-
Where can I find any
in such foul weather?
-
I want some now.
-
I mean it. Now!
-
What can I do?
-
Stripping.
-
Undressing myself.
-
You want a look?
-
You want a look?
-
I'm lying down now.
-
I'm looking at the hole
you made in the ceiling.
-
There's an eye staring at me.
-
Kitty.
-
Kitty.
-
Do you know
what a woman needs most?
-
Wrong.
-
Wrong again.
-
Keep guessing.
-
Guess again.
-
And?
-
I love it.
-
Gesundheit!
-
I don't have a cold at all.
-
And I am not
that Snow White's red-nosed dwarf
-
So why then am I sneezing all day long?
-
Something here must be wrong!
-
Maybe some cute admirer
-
Is calling my name over and over
-
In secret, and I am sneezing so strong
-
Yes, I am all day long!
-
and the epidemic,
"Taiwan ever."
-
Last week it was Lee
And he was down on his knee
-
The crisis team announced its findings
in a conference today.
-
Saying we had to marry
He'd spend his life pleasuring me
-
It seems that the patients
first develop flu-like symptoms.
-
And happy we would be!
-
Days later, they develop
bug-like behaviors such as crawling,
-
Now there is Gee
This one keeps bullying me
-
photophobia and a tendency to hide
in dark and humid corners.
-
He really wants to have me
This guy will not let me free
-
Experts call it
a "roach-like crawling."
-
But marriage ain't for me!
-
It is suspected that the cockroach
is the host insect of the virus.
-
It has to be them somehow
-
Calling my name over and over now
-
And that's why I am sneezing
all day long
-
Dr. Carpentier says the cockroach
is the host insect of various viruses...
-
Yes, I am, all day long!
-
and a known allergic factor.
-
Its body and excrement
contain a special protein.
-
This kind of protein
can withstand hours of intense heat.
-
Sir, this place is going
to be fumigated. It's not safe.
-
Please leave for now.
-
Last week it was Lee
And he was down on his knee
-
Saying we had to marry
He'd spend his life pleasuring me
-
Now there is Gee
This one keeps bullying me
-
He really wants to have me
This guy will not let me free
-
It has to be them somehow
-
Calling my name over and over now
-
And that's why
I am sneezing all day long
-
Yes, I am sneezing all day long!
-
I...
-
I want...
-
I want you...
-
I want you to...
-
What I want is your love
-
So why don't you come a bit closer?
-
I...
-
I want...
-
I want you...
-
I want you to...
-
What I want is your love
-
So why don't you speak to me
sweeter?
-
I...
-
I want...
-
I want you...
-
I want you to...
-
What I want is your love
-
So why don't you come a bit closer?
-
I...
-
I want...
-
I want you...
-
I want you to...
-
What I want is your love
-
So why don't you talk to me
sweeter?
-
So why don't you say
Oh why don't you say
-
Why don't you say
that you love me?
-
Coconut milk?
-
Where can I find any
in such foul weather?
-
I want some now.
-
I mean it. Now!
-
What can I do?
-
Stripping.
-
Undressing myself.
-
You want a look?
-
You want a look?
-
I'm lying down now.
-
I'm looking at the hole
you made in the ceiling.
-
There's an eye staring at me.
-
Kitty.
-
Kitty.
-
Do you know
what a woman needs most?
-
Wrong.
-
Wrong again.
-
Keep guessing.
-
Guess again.
-
And?
-
I love it.
-
Gesundheit!
-
I don't have a cold at all.
-
And I am not
that Snow White's red-nosed dwarf
-
So why then am I sneezing all day long?
-
Something here must be wrong!
-
Maybe some cute admirer
-
Is calling my name over and over
-
In secret, and I am sneezing so strong
-
Yes, I am all day long!
-
Last week it was Lee
And he was down on his knee
-
Saying we had to marry
He'd spend his life pleasuring me
-
And happy we would be!
-
Now there is Gee
This one keeps bullying me
-
He really wants to have me
This guy will not let me free
-
But marriage ain't for me!
-
It has to be them somehow
-
Calling my name over and over now
-
And that's why I am sneezing
all day long
-
Yes, I am, all day long!
-
Last week it was Lee
And he was down on his knee
-
Saying we had to marry
He'd spend his life pleasuring me
-
I don't care who you are
-
Now there is Gee
This one keeps bullying me
-
But darling, hold me close
-
He really wants to have me
This guy will not let me free
-
Alone together, you and me
-
It has to be them somehow
-
Calling my name over and over now
-
Come the days of wine and roses
-
And that's why
I am sneezing all day long
-
Yes, I am sneezing all day long!
-
I don't care who you are
-
But in your arms I cling
-
Alone together, in the dark
-
Come the days of carefree spring
-
Swallows twirling in the blue skies
-
Mandarin ducks in the quiet pond
-
Tell me, oh tell me why,
I do not know
-
Why do they never part...
-
In the year 2000,
-
we are grateful that we still have
Grace Chang's songs to comfort us.
-
TSAI Ming-Liang,
-
Special thanks to SHI Song
for the calligraphy
-
Woman downstairs:
YANG Kuei-Mei
-
Man upstairs:
LEE Kang-Sheng
-
Plumber:
TONG Hsiang-Chu
-
Neighbor:
LIN Hui-Chin
-
Child:
LIN Kun-Huei
-
Line producers:
Jimmy HUANG, LIN Huei-Chin
-
Production manager:
Jay CHIAO
-
Screenplay by
YANG Ping-Ying and TSAI Ming-Liang
-
Cinematographer:
LIAO Peng-Jung
-
Sound:
YANG Ching-An
-
Lights:
WANG Sheng
-
Art director:
LEE Pao-Lin
-
Choreographer:
Joy LO
-
Editor:
HSIAO Ju-Kuan
-
Calligraphy:
SHI Song
-
Additional dialogue performed by
CHEN Shiang-Chyi, Daphne HAN
-
WEI Bo-Chin, Jacques PICOUX,
YEE Chih-Yen and LU Hsiao-Ling
-
I don't care who you are
-
But darling, hold me close
-
Alone together, you and me
-
Come the days of wine and roses
-
I don't care who you are
-
But in your arms I cling
-
Alone together, in the dark
-
Come the days of carefree spring
-
Swallows twirling in the blue skies
-
Mandarin ducks in the quiet pond
-
Tell me, oh tell me why,
I do not know
-
Why do they never part...
-
In the year 2000,
-
we are grateful that we still have
Grace Chang's songs to comfort us.
-
TSAI Ming-Liang,
-
Special thanks to SHI Song
for the calligraphy
-
Woman downstairs:
YANG Kuei-Mei
-
Man upstairs:
LEE Kang-Sheng
-
Plumber:
TONG Hsiang-Chu
-
Neighbor:
LIN Hui-Chin
-
Child:
LIN Kun-Huei
-
Line producers:
Jimmy HUANG, LIN Huei-Chin
-
Production manager:
Jay CHIAO
-
Screenplay by
YANG Ping-Ying and TSAI Ming-Liang
-
Cinematographer:
LIAO Peng-Jung
-
Sound:
YANG Ching-An
-
Lights:
WANG Sheng
-
Art director:
LEE Pao-Lin
-
Choreographer:
Joy LO
-
Editor:
HSIAO Ju-Kuan
-
Calligraphy:
SHI Song
-
Additional dialogue performed by
CHEN Shiang-Chyi, Daphne HAN
-
WEI Bo-Chin, Jacques PICOUX,
YEE Chih-Yen and LU Hsiao-Ling