{"id":36371,"date":"2020-07-29T07:15:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-29T04:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/watch-i-weirdo-film-review\/"},"modified":"2020-07-29T07:15:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-29T04:15:00","slug":"watch-i-weirdo-film-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/watch-i-weirdo-film-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch \u2018I Weirdo\u2019: Film Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a35fca55d91b\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a35fca55d91b\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/watch-i-weirdo-film-review\/#%E2%80%9CWatch_Online_%E2%80%98I_Weirdo_Film_Review%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Watch Online \u2018I Weirdo\u2019: Film Review&#8221;<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/watch-i-weirdo-film-review\/#%E2%80%9C%E2%80%98I_Weirdo_Film_Review%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;\u2018I Weirdo\u2019: Film Review&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CWatch_Online_%E2%80%98I_Weirdo_Film_Review%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Watch Online \u2018I Weirdo\u2019: Film Review&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>If you want to watch \u2018I Weirdo\u2019: Film Review  visit the <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/dizi.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dizi.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9C%E2%80%98I_Weirdo_Film_Review%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;\u2018I Weirdo\u2019: Film Review&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div>                       Who would have thought a romantic comedy on the pain of being different could become such ironic and timely viewing in a global pandemic? In \u201cI Weirdo,\u201d a kooky and innovative debut by Taiwanese writer-director Liao Ming-yi, a couple with OCD trying to fit in to so-called \u201cnormal\u201d society now looks like <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a>-distancing heroes in our Covid-hit, locked-down lives. Shot and edited by Liao using the iPhone XS Max, the production looks no less vibrant for it. The movie\u2019s undiluted cuteness sometimes gets on one\u2019s nerves, but the age-old message that love ails without change and tolerance is given such a fresh spin, it attests to the creativity and increased sophistication of Taiwan\u2019s new generation of filmmakers.<\/p>\n<p>Despite international festival setbacks, \u201cI Weirdo\u201d is off to a good start in the world, winning two major prizes at the Udine Far East Film Festival and the Netpac Award at the Bucheon Fantastic Film Festival. It has a busy festival schedule ahead and should easily land on a streaming service given it\u2019s uncanny relevance to our current quarantine mentality.<\/p>\n<p>After starting out as an music video director for top artists in Taiwan, Liao built a portfolio in romantic comedies and chick flicks, most notably as executive director of \u201cYou Are the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a>le of My Eye\u201d (2011), one of the most successful romcoms among millennials in Asia. Given that background, he couldn\u2019t resist imbuing his debut feature with a fairytale air and adolescent humor.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Chen Po-ching (Austin Lin) suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorder, which keeps him homebound. His daily regimen consists of incessant hand-washing, sanitizing every corner of his house and keeping all objects in precise order, arranged by symmetry and coordinating colors. On the 15th day of every month, he kits himself out with mask, gloves and a raincoat, and ventures out to buy food and a cocktail of disinfectants from the supermarket.<\/p>\n<p>Given the protagonist\u2019s compromised immunity to social life, romance should be outside his radar, but the film presents an aptly unconventional meetcute. On the way home from his medical checkup, Po-ching spots Chen Ching (Nikki Hsieh), outfitted just like him, inside a subway car. He breaks his own routine to follow her, which leads him to a supermarket, where he becomes a hapless accomplice in shoplifting. Ching\u2019s OCD symptoms are kleptomania and skin rashes when in public.<\/p>\n<p>Like long-lost peas from the same pod, they quickly become soulmates and move in with each other. The script keeps up the comic momentum in their dating scenes, such as going on \u201cfilth challenges\u201d to test their germaphobic thresholds.<\/p>\n<p>In pre-Covid times, the protagonists may have come across as freaks to many, but now that frequent hand-washing, deep-cleaning, masking up and being shut in are the new normal, their predicament should be a lot more identifiable. Nevertheless, the relentlessly breezy tone and pace has the effect of downplaying the uncontrollable anxiety that triggers obsessive-compulsive behavior, thus sugarcoating a mental health issue as endearing eccentricity.<\/p>\n<p>At the 45-minute mark, a miracle happens which disrupts the pattern of the couple\u2019s life. The theme shifts from how it feels to be different to the hardships of co-habitation, and ultimately, to the mutability of love. Kudos to Liao for touching on the darker aspects of emotional co-dependence, although his philosophy is still quite superficial, and he overloads the plot by weaving in a second switcheroo that requires better exposition.<\/p>\n<p>Lin, who sports a Spock haircut, exudes boyish charm in spades, whereas Hsieh bravely breaks the mold of typical Taiwanese romantic heroines by pushing her character\u2019s traits to unlikable levels.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI Weirdo\u201d is touted as the first Asian fiction feature to be shot entirely on an iPhone (as many as four of the devices were deployed in some scenes). The subject matter is particularly suited to this format. The narrow vertical frame of the iPhone XS Max gives visual parameters to OCD patients\u2019 boxed-in existence, and when the camera rotates horizontally at the 45-minute mark, the widening frame size (aspect ratio 1.85:1) mirrors how one protagonist\u2019s world expands along with his changed condition.<\/p>\n<p>The picture quality is so satisfactory one hardly notices the change, except for the way a character sometimes lurks at the edge of the frame. The camera\u2019s size allows for extremely low-angle shots that convey the protagonists\u2019 topsy-turvy mental activity. Art director Wu Chung-hsien dresses the couple and decorates their homes in bright, warring colors. 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