The work connects Taiwan’s first lost film from 1907 with today’s film industry struggles, exploring how history is remembered and forgotten. Through exploring this long history, the work shows a constant but hard-to-reach yearning for progress and understanding. In his films, Yao-Yi Wang blends real and imagined stories to show how people keep longing for progress, even when life feels stuck or incomplete.
Wang Yao-yi
Director
Sight64%
千年女優78%
Roundhay Garden Scene64%
Waking Sleeping Beauty72%
Project Almanac67%
Paris, Texas80%
Arrival76%
Room 23761%
Blue Lagoon: The Awakening64%
Kung Fu Panda73%
Kung Fu Panda 271%
The Souvenir61%
Lady Bird72%
Extinct62%
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing70%
Vanilla Sky68%
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny62%
Shanghaied59%
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages70%
Raya and the Last Dragon78%
