For most of its running time,"Secret" lives up to its marketing as a sappy,
beautifully shot and competently directed love story featuring Taiwan's own Jay Chou,the singer turned actor
and now first-time director and screewriter.
Following a convention established by Jackie Chan-in which, regardless of the picture he stars in and his
character's Chinese name, his English name in the subtitling is always "Jackie"-Chou plays Jay, a transfer
student at Tam Kang Senior High School of Arts.
He majors in piano. So does Rain, an Audry Hephurnish character who mysteriously comes and goes, often
disappearing for days at a time, Jay and Rain go through those awkward, tentative steps of first love. "Just
cherish our moments together,"Rains says before vanishing again.
In between the wooing,"Secret" delivers the usual scenes from high school, featuring jocks, nerds and rivals
for our main characters' affections.
But where does Rain disappear to? And why does she play an odd piano composition before she does? In revealing the
"secret" alluded to in its title,the film turns abruptly into paranormal territory, though there are plenty of
visual cues and clues that it flashes back to later in the picture.
Chou does a decent job behind the camera, and he sure knows how to present a polished,slick production.
words:
running time 演出時間
sappy 多愁善感的
convention 慣例
to come and go 來來去去；忽隱忽現
tentative 遲疑的
to woo 向…求愛
affection 感情
composition 作品
to be allude to 暗示
paranormal 超自然
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