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Dust Of Angels Analysis

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Dust of Angels: The Forgotten Masterpiece. Reviewing Taiwanese Cinema history, everyone knows masters of Taiwanese New Wave, like Hou Hsiao-hsien, Edward Yang, Wan Jen and Wang Toon. However, seldom people had ever mentioned another great director who made possibly the greatest gangster film in Taiwan: Hsu Hsiao-ming. Only some audience has seen his “Dust of Angels”, which is underrated all the time. But this film is one of the greatest Taiwanese films of all time. (1.) The story is about two teenagers, A-Guo and A-Douzi, that using drugs and hang around with gangster all day. During 1990s, Taiwanese economy had reached its highest point, and the society changed faster than any periods in history ever. The economic boom gave gangster …show more content…

Before he acted “Dust of Angels”, he had already become a well known star. However, being a child star made him unable to social well with other kids in school, so he was bullied. In the end, he started using drugs and involved in gangster fights as a gateway to his life. After being caught once, director Hsu Hsiao-ming and producer Hou Hsiao-hisen gave him the role as a brand new start for him. So what he acted in the film was exactly himself at that moment. Every curse and violence move in “Dust of Angels”, were his expression about how desperate, angry and hopeless he was. That’s the reason A-Guo is a dramatic and convincing character because he is the reflection Yen Zhang-guo. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wb5St8e_gk8) Despite great visual experience, the soundtrack is also a legend in Taiwanese music history. To record right music about countryside in Taiwan and Taipei, the director hired a bunch of musician to make perfect music. The consequence was one of the greatest soundtracks ever recorded, the music and lyrics perfectly catch the tough style of gangster and the pace changing world. Furthermore, those who participated this album all played important roles in Asia music market years later. Wu Bai, for example, become the greatest rock star in mandarin speaking area. As for Lim Giong, he writes countless original music scores that almost nobody can compare with him. And the album itself is viewed as a precious because of its quality and

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