Hand-painted movie posters stand as a testament to changed days

Through the years, artist Xie Lin-shan (謝森山) has used his masterful skill to paint countless exquisite movie posters using just five color pigments - red, yellow, blue, black, and white. Lin’s hand-painted movie posters have a profound charm and delicateness unrivaled in printed posters.

Recalling the scene from over thirty years ago, Lin says the streets were lined with traditional movie theaters and he was extremely busy, painting for seven such theatres. However, one by one traditional theaters have been swept away in the tide of technological development and transformed into modern cinemas with only Zhongyuan traditional theater remaining.

Although today’s computer technology is fast and accurate, the exquisiteness and grandeur expressed by the master painter are irreplaceable. As this retro feel gradually vanishes in the sands of time, we will no doubt deeply cherish such nostalgic memories in an overtly technological age.

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一幅幅精美的電影看板，在畫筆下栩栩如生，這些手工繪製的電影看板，有著比印刷海報更為深刻的神韻與細膩，在謝森山師傅巧手之下，這些色彩斑斕的手繪看板，是由僅僅紅、黃、藍、黑、白，五種顏色顏料，所調製而成。

謝森山回憶三十多年前，滿街都是傳統戲院，那個年代畫了七間，其實是很忙的。之後慢慢被科技取代，傳統戲院一家一家歇業，到現在剩下中源戲院一家傳統戲院在畫，其他都改成影城。

電腦輸出技術固然快速而精準，但老師傅手繪所表達出的細膩度與氣勢，卻是無可替代的。這即將失傳的復古味，將成為這科技化社會裡，珍貴的記憶。

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