The Cabbie Explained

The Cabbie is a 2000 Taiwanese film directed by Chang Huakun and Chen Yi-wen. It was Taiwan's submission to the 74th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee.^{[1] [2]}

Cast

• • Rie Miyazawa Chung-Heng Chu
• Tai Bo
• Joyce H. Cheng
• Tsai Tsan-te
• Chao-Bin Su
• Tsung Sheng Tang
• Leon Dai
• Hsin-Ling Chung
• Wei-Ming Wang
• Hsin Shao
• Chun-hao Tuan
• Chuan Wang
• I-Chen Ko
• Shao-Wen Yang
• Chen-Nan Tsai
• Yueh-Hsun Tsai
• Phoenix Chang
• Li-Chun Lee
• You-Ning Lee
• Feng-Ying Lin

Reception

Derek Elley of Variety praised the film's structure and cinematography, calling it an "entertaining movie that straddles the deep divide between commercial and high-art fare"^[3] Time Out stated: "Wise, worldly and put together with unfailing dark wit, this is an absolute joy."^[4]

The film is considered Rie's comeback after a stagnant period in her career.^[5]

See also

• Cinema of Taiwan
• List of submissions to the 74th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

Notes and References

1. Web site: 51 Countries In Race For Oscar . . 2001-11-19 . 2008-08-12 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080704083351/http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2001/01.11.19.html . July 4, 2008 .
2. Web site: 74th Academy Awards - Nominees and Winners. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 2008-08-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080622045915/http://www.oscars.org/74academyawards/nomswins.html . 2008-06-22.
3. Web site: Derek. Elley. Variety. 2023-11-28. The Cabbie. 6 May 2001.
4. Web site: TR. 2023-11-28. The Cabbie. 10 September 2012. Time Out Worldwide.
5. Book: Sharp, Jasper . Historical Dictionary of Japanese Cinema . 2011-10-13 . 169 . Scarecrow Press . 978-0-8108-7541-8 . en.