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Post by Fox in the Snow on May 18, 2020 3:20:43 GMT
One of my favorite currently active directors returns to feature films with another moving, minimalist portrait of loneliness. Early reviews have been pretty positive, as long as you're receptive to his singular style of patient observation
With most festivals cancelled, I might need to wait for the DVD/Blu to see this one
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Post by Fox in the Snow on Aug 10, 2021 10:02:24 GMT
Finally managed to see this as it was streaming as part of a festival I had access to. Another piercing uber-minimalist masterpiece from Tsai. Save the intimate central sequence, it's practically a James Benning fim. Contender for best of 2020. Highly recommended for anyone interested in bold, singular, boundary pushing modern cinema.  |
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Post by Cat on Aug 27, 2021 22:22:01 GMT
Finally managed to see this as it was streaming as part of a festival I had access to. Another piercing uber-minimalist masterpiece from Tsai. Save the intimate central sequence, it's practically a James Benning fim. Contender for best of 2020. Highly recommended for anyone interested in bold, singular, boundary pushing modern cinema. Looks good. That picture does a lot for my imagination.
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Post by Fox in the Snow on Aug 28, 2021 1:14:11 GMT
Finally managed to see this as it was streaming as part of a festival I had access to. Another piercing uber-minimalist masterpiece from Tsai. Save the intimate central sequence, it's practically a James Benning fim. Contender for best of 2020. Highly recommended for anyone interested in bold, singular, boundary pushing modern cinema. Looks good. That picture does a lot for my imagination. Visually his films are impeccable, if you can adjust to his measured hypnotic pace and almost complete lack of a discernible plot.
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Post by Cat on Aug 28, 2021 17:52:01 GMT
Looks good. That picture does a lot for my imagination. Visually his films are impeccable, if you can adjust to his measured hypnotic pace and almost complete lack of a discernible plot. Sounds great to me. When films like that hit the spot, they really hit the spot. That's a great category of film.
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Post by Fox in the Snow on Aug 29, 2021 0:31:45 GMT
Visually his films are impeccable, if you can adjust to his measured hypnotic pace and almost complete lack of a discernible plot. Sounds great to me. When films like that hit the spot, they really hit the spot. That's a great category of film.
True, slow cinema can be amazing when done right. Not sure if you've seen anything from Tsai Ming-liang before. Goodbye Dragon Inn and Stray Dogs are similarly minimal. Most of his other features, while still very slow do have slightly more traditional narratives and a couple are peppered with surreal musical numbers. All I'd highly recommend.
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Post by Cat on Aug 29, 2021 18:12:44 GMT
Sounds great to me. When films like that hit the spot, they really hit the spot. That's a great category of film.
True, slow cinema can be amazing when done right. Not sure if you've seen anything from Tsai Ming-liang before. Goodbye Dragon Inn and Stray Dogs are similarly minimal. Most of his other features, while still very slow do have slightly more traditional narratives and a couple are peppered with surreal musical numbers. All I'd highly recommend. Neat. I'm not familiar with his films I'd like to try. I know the name.
I'll bet those musical numbers are surreal. That's a bit of a twist I didn't see coming. Still, sounds great!
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Post by nostromo on Sept 24, 2021 15:31:01 GMT
Still no Blu Ray release planned for this? Shame.
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Post by Fox in the Snow on Sept 28, 2021 13:10:14 GMT
Still no Blu Ray release planned for this? Shame. Yes, was hoping Second Run or something might pick it up as they just released a great restoration of Goodbye Dragon Inn. Still waiting for a decent physical release of Visage too.
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