This is what Edward Yang was talking about when he wrote, “we live three times as long since man invented movies”. Last night I got to be on the streets of Mumbai, watch a young Hindu nurse dress in a burka to infiltrate the neighborhood of the Muslim man she loves, I traveled to a beach side village of another woman as she tried to figure out the next chapter of her life, and so much more. A slice of…
I can't stop thinking about Rebels of the Neon God's opening sequence.
Hsiao-Kang notices a cockroach aimlessly wandering into his room. He then walks up to it and traps this worthless creature in the most cruelest way possible, and after he's had his fun, he throws it out the window. But it being a cockroach, comes back and sticks on the closed window while it's raining outside — eager to make the same mistake it initially did by entering the room.
If that's not the perfect metaphor of youth, I don't know what is.
Great start to my journey into Tsai Ming-liang's filmography.
the dialogue was soooooo cringe pls be so serious rn 😭😭 some of the shots reminded me of the infamous oppenheimer angles too like i’m so glad i’d had wine!!! at least i could laugh about it!!!
my favourite part of the film was the pan out to the house because it looks like my house in Sims 4 😼
my customisable character on gta online appearing in cutscenes in the same outfit
didn’t know a ton about this going into it, especially the similarities to paterson. watching a guy read books, listen to music, and work on toilets shouldn’t be this riveting, but it is. and that’s the kind of stuff i can’t get enough of because when you get it right, it’s so easy to get lost in the work. love the commitment to the dream montage, one of the better depictions of dreaming i’ve seen and they never forget to throw…
Cronenberg has lost me here. I can appreciate the ideas and themes but I had zero emotional connection to it. The flow of the film, rather than hypnotic, was tedious. I found the characters especially bland and my mind wondered. A massive disappointment.
Since I adore Cronenberg’s work I might give this another chance but I don’t see my mind changing much. His other films always have at least one character I can latch onto to guide me thorough the insanity. Not in this case.
Just in case anyone is interested, here's a complete list of all the records Guillermo Diaz asks Parker Posey to pull for his DJ set after she reorganizes his collection based on the Dewey Decimal System. Apologies in advance if this is only interesting to me:
You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) - Sylvester
The Lover Who Rocks You - India
Double Cross - First Choice
You Sexy Thing - Hot Chocolate
Hot Music - Pal Joey
X - Junior…
