我的七四七 My 747

Title : My 747
Director: Hou Chi Jan


Synopsis:

747 is an 8-year-old scooter. YAMAHA, 50cc, full name“DNU-747”and he is all mine. It’s a story about 747 and me and time.

Taiwan has the highest density of motorbikes in the world. There are 12,370,000 motorbikes for a population of 20,000,000. On average every Taiwanese owns his/her first motorbike at the age of 21. Whether in the city or countryside, the sight of motorbikes rushing by in flocks has become unique to Taiwan. And the spontaneous, speedy and rather unsteady experience of riding on motorbikes bears some resemblance to the daily lives of Taiwanese people.

The film starts with the distinctive motorbike experience from the viewpoint of 747. It is interspersed with fragmented imagery of petty junk like penalty records and old flyers, recorded on photo, ENG, and DV. Tracing a journey from 1996 to 2004, the film is a private chronicle that will resonate with all Taiwanese people who have ever owned a motorbike.

七四七很小，很黑；七四七頭得用鐵絲綁住，不然就會解體。七四七跑步的時候，會驚醒住在馬路邊的每一個人。七四七常常傻站在豔陽下、暴雨下、狂風中，默默地等待著不知何時出現的主人，面對著吵吵鬧鬧的街道、不懷好意的警察與一片闐黑的防火巷發呆。七四七最近常去看醫生，醫生建議我直接把它送到太平間。

七四七今年八歲了，它是一部山葉牌的二行程50cc機車，全名是「DNU-747」，他的主人就是我。

這是一個關於747、我與時間的故事。

台灣是世界上機車密度最高的國家，全國二千萬人口，共有一千兩百三十七萬輛機車，台灣人平均在二十一歲時就擁有生平第一台機車。

本片由台灣獨有的機車經驗著手，以倒敘的方式，追溯七四七與其主人─也就是本片導演─風塵僕僕的八年旅程。零碎的影像材料與不起眼的廢棄物，召喚每個騎士與機車的記憶，用詩意的影像書寫一部私密的機車小史。  

侯季然 HOU Chi Jan

侯季然，政治大學廣播電視系碩士班，曾任「台灣電影資料庫」專任研究助理，現為自由作者。創作範圍包括文字、攝影與錄像，作品性格偏向抒情與實驗，常與時間與記憶相關。影評及散文作品散見「小電影主義」電子報及各大報章雜誌，個人專欄「我口袋裡的電影」位於文建會台灣電影筆記網站。影像創作方面，1997年以畢業作品《三個人的十一片台北》入選第二屆中港台學生電影錄像節，2003年以實驗片《星塵15749001》獲台北電影節市民影展首獎。2004年拍攝以SARS為主題的紀錄片《疫區》，同年，紀錄片《我的七四七》入選公視觀點短片展。2005年完成新聞局輔導金紀錄長片《台灣黑電影》。

HOU Chi Jan

HOU Chi Jan, writer and film director. He has worked for “the Database of Taiwan Cinema” since collage days. He started making short films from 2002. His works tend to be lyrical and stylish, and are often characterized with the theme of time and memory.

His experimental short “Stardust 15749001” won the Grand Prix of Taipei International Film Festival in 2003. The second short “My 747” won the Grand Prix of Hong Kong ifva Independent Short Film & Video Award in 2006. His documentary “Taiwan Black Movies”, presenting the cult films in repressive age of Taiwan 1970s, was nominated for the Golden Horse Awards and invited to many international film festivals.

He currently works on his first feature “On A Slow Boat to Kin-Men” which has been selected for the Kaohsiung City Government Film Subsidy Scheme.