I was standing in front of the movie theater on Li…
I was standing in front of the movie theater on Linsen on Friday night, after taking a lengthy stroll around town with my camera to try and capture a wet night-time version of Taipei. I hadn’t been there in years. After Warner Village opened there wasn’t much of a point.
But I used to go there all the time. Mindcrime and I would see movies there when I got leave from the army, and it was what I looked forward to most when I walked past the guards and off base to get on a bus to Taipei. I’d even write down when certain movies were premiering in my little notebook, just to take out and look at when I needed a pick-up in the barracks.
As I walked by this time, it was like the last decade had never passed; nothing had changed except for the movie posters on the wall. Vendors were selling smoked sausage, and clothes on sale were strewn all over the sidewalk.
I half expected to see Mindcrime and Janice standing there waiting with tickets to the next show, after which we’d go to a coffeeshop and wonder about the new Star Wars movies.
I like the way your description of the old Taipei…very nostalgic even though I have only been to Taipei once and only for a few days.
Comment by ns — September 14, 2006 @ 4:39 am