Cecilia Yip, Chao-jung Chen, Jean-Pierre Léaud
Hsiao-Kang sells watches in the streets of Taipei for a living. A few days after his father's death, he meets a young woman, Shiang-Chyi, who as it turns out leaves for Paris the very next day. Troubl...( read more
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DVD Release Date: August 20, 2002
Stats: 134 reviews
This is the best plotless film where nothing happens I've ever seen. The film focuses on three characters, their loss and loneliness. If there is a story arc it's that each of them finally reaches out to make a connection, a sexual connection, with varying degrees of success. Thr...( read more)
I slow film about loss, emptiness, loneliness and the need to fill this up, to be somewhat in control and not being able to. Very delicate.
Considered by many Tsai Ming-liang's masterpiece. A unique, well-crafted psychological study of grief. Alternates between comedy and heartbreaking loneliness and isn't afraid to provoke introspection in both its characters and its audience. A film that haunted me through many lon...( read more)
A film about our desire to feel connected to others through synchonicity of time. Don't see this if you don't have an attention span of less then one minute. Tsai has the Bresson minimalist style down pat. He also is obviously influenced by Ozu, as his camera never moves. The ...( read more)
Definitive Ming-liang. Lonely people searching for some sort of connection in a universe that constantly moves forward. The long takes are rewarding if you're open to their mysteries.
I had trouble reconciling the austere, severe mise-en-scene with the cutesy subject matter in this particular film. But this is a director I want to see more of.
WIDESCREEN. Hermosa en sus composiciones visuales y en su delicada progresión. Aprieta los botones emocionales que debe con mucha precisión. / Beautiful in its visual compositions and in its delicate progression. Pushes the emotional buttons it must with great precision.
A girl is going to Paris. A watch seller. A cake as a gift. Two people connected by loneliness. Subtle humor, sadness, minimal dialogues, slow movie.
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probably the most dragging movie i've seen in 2002. my friggin friend --- gian --- highly recommended it, wondering what got into him. not that it sucked and all, it just probably didn't appeal to me. or like what chie said (the one i watched it with) "What the ----, if it wasn't...( read more)
A film of surprise and wonder, lyrically attuned to the ticking intensity of romance. full review
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