Scene Analysis Movie The Hole 1998 Dir. Ts Ai Ming Liang

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The Hole Scene Analysis
The movie ‘’The Hole (1998; dir. Ts’ai Ming-Liang)’’ describes a mysterious and bizarre story behind the situation in Taiwan around the year 2000. Actually, the author describes the absence of speech, infrastructure, movement, and home as depicted in the life in the city during the time. Therefore, in this paper, I will describe a scene which shows the absence of the factors stated in the film and how the author uses the cultural code, film techniques, and narrative style to achieve the objective.
The scene which I focus on comes at the end of the movie where the man lifts the woman into lightness from the dark room where she stayed. Apparently, the scene depicts a glimmer of hope to the woman where she is taken away from the dark, nihilistic, and wet room where she stayed. Actually, the scene relates to a new life in the city where the sufferings that were seen among those who live in it changes. Generally, the author uses imagery to show the beginning of civilization in the city ("Box. Osu.app.box.com.’’ N.p.). Specifically, the city is highly populated and most people do not have shelters. Moreover, the city is dirty with no trash pickup services available which lead to the spread of cockroaches’ disease known as ‘’Taiwan Fever.’’ The same suffering is seen in the woman who lives in a filthy room where she hardly interacts with people. Hence, the removal of the woman from the room is a symbol of new hope in the town and the town and the e...