Tony Chiu-Wai Leung

Idell 2022-04-24 07:01:24

Released in 1989, "Sorrowful City" can be said to be the pinnacle of Hou Hsiao-hsien's work. The film takes Taiwan's February 28 incident as its historical background and tells the life experiences of the four Lin brothers in Keelung. The turbulent history of the film reveals the director's deep...

Bennie 2022-04-24 07:01:24

The gloomy clouds are bleak and ten thousand miles condensed. The poems I memorized in middle school are very suitable for this movie. The so-called sadness comes from the heart, and resentment arises from the heart, which is fully reflected in "Sad City". People are like plasticine. They were...

Brenda 2022-03-15 09:01:10

"Jiufen is getting colder and the mango blossoms are blooming and the mountains are covered in white like snow" Who can hide when the cold hits. There is no complicated or gorgeous foreshadowing, no sensationalism, no pretentious bridges, frame by frame of tragic pictures show the heartlessness of the times and the suffering of ordinary people

Hunter 2022-03-20 09:02:55

4.5. Hou Hsiao-hsien's narrative material and textual meaning are organized the best. But it is still inseparable from the emotional pain of Taiwanese living in the shadow of 228. Xin Shufen's image is the finishing touch (fortunately, Yi Nengjing resigned from this role), and it is only because of her appearance that the gloomy and dark atmosphere is brought to an idealistic side. Without her, the vibe of the film would have collapsed in half.