Beyond Beauty Soars to Break Local Box Office Record
Some documentaries are head and shoulders above others. Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above is a 93-minute masterpiece about Taiwan's natural scenery that was shot totally from the skies. Director Chi Po-lin spent 400 hours in the air, nearly NT$100 million, and three years filming the movie. Recently released, the documentary earned NT$11 million in its first three days of release, which is more than what any other documentary has made in its premiere week in Taiwan. The film was also nominated for best documentary and best original film score at the 50th Golden Horse Awards. If you want to see Taiwan from an angle that most people don't get to experience, you can go check out Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above in theaters all over the island.
《看见台湾》打破本地票房纪录
有些纪录片远远优于其他的纪录片。《看见台湾》是一部片长九十三分钟,内容在讲述台湾自然景色的杰作,且全片都是从高空拍摄而成。该片导演齐柏林花了四百个小时待在空中,投入了新台币约一亿元和三年的时间来拍摄这部影片。最近推出的这部纪录片,在上映的前三天就赚进了新台币一千一百万元,这个数字是有史以来台湾纪录片上映首周最高的。这部影片还被提名角逐第五十届金马奖的最佳纪录片和最佳原创电影音乐奖项。如果你想要从大多数人都没有体验过的角度来看台湾,你可以在全台湾的电影院观赏《看见台湾》这部片。
Malala Steals the Show at Women of the Year Awards
There are very few women in the world today as popular as Malala Yousafzai, the young Pakistani activist who came to the world's attention when she was ruthlessly shot in the head by the Taliban for criticizing its restrictions on girls' education. At Glamour magazine's Women of the Year award show recently, Yousafzai said in her speech, "I believe the gun has no power because a gun can only kill, but a pen can give life." While Yousafzai didn't win the Nobel Peace Prize in 2013, she has done a lot of work by becoming an inspiration for millions of children who relish the chance to go to school.
马拉拉在年度最佳女性大奖中大放异彩
现今全世界很少有女性能像马拉拉.尤苏芙扎一样受欢迎,这位来自巴基斯坦的年轻激进份子因为抨击塔利班组织限制女孩接受教育而遭到该组织残忍地射击头部,她也因此而受到全世界的关注。在近期由《魅力》杂志所举办的『年度最佳女性大奖』颁奖典礼上,尤苏芙扎于演讲中说道:『我认为枪枝并没有力量,因为枪枝只能夺人性命,但笔却可以赋予人生命。』虽然尤苏芙扎并没有赢得 2013 年的诺贝尔和平奖,但她鼓舞了数百万盼望得到就学机会的孩童,着实功不可没。