Taipei Story Internet Archive Online

Yang uses empty apartments and neon-lit streets to visualize the "hollowness and distance" growing between individuals in a modernizing economy.

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The answer is complicated. The film is still under copyright in Taiwan (life of the author plus 50 years; Edward Yang died in 2007, meaning copyright extends to 2057). In the United States, under the Uruguay Round Agreements Act, restored copyrights apply to foreign works. Legally, these uploads are infringing. Yang uses empty apartments and neon-lit streets to

The film is notable for starring two titans of Taiwanese cinema: (who acts in the lead role) and Tsai Chin . Hou plays Lung, a former Little League baseball star who clings to old-world ideals of loyalty and honor, while his girlfriend Ah-chin (Tsai) is a modern, upwardly mobile real estate agent. In the United States, under the Uruguay Round

Yet, rights holders have historically turned a blind eye. Unlike Hollywood blockbusters, Taipei Story has no active streaming contract. No one is losing money because no one was making money. In a twist of archival justice, the Internet Archive has acted as a de facto library of last resort.

The Digital Preservation of Edward Yang’s Taipei Story (1985) Taipei Story

, this landmark of the Taiwan New Cinema movement stars director Hou Hsiao-hsien and pop star Tsai Chin. It explores urban alienation in 1980s Taipei as a couple drifts apart. Harvard Film Archive Finding the Film : Use the Internet Archive's Movies Collection