A City of Sadness Comments

Mckenna 2023-09-19 18:45:40

The subject matter of the film itself has a wide range of critical dimensions. Coupled with Hou Hsiao-hsien's good at borrowing themes, the amount of information contained has increased exponentially, which has made the film extremely rhythmic. All the restrained emotions actually erupted violently at the end of the song "Sad City", as if the first two and a half hours of pictures would be linked together in my mind in an instant. This miraculous feeling is really inspiring and emotional. ....

Brennon 2023-09-11 22:53:22

The 70th anniversary of the February 28 Incident in Taiwan is approaching. Perhaps the best way not to forget history is to recreate it. So did Seediq Bale, and so did the City of Sadness. This is Hou Hsiao-hsien's most epic movie, and the way it presents it is close to the juvenile murder on Guling Street. Through the experience of a family to reflect the great changes of the whole society, the fate of the individual is submerged in the torrent of the times. "Life leaves the motherland, and...

Paige 2023-08-16 11:57:41

The text organization is classical in space, modern in time, and the normal return trend is the transformation of old sorrow into new scene as it should be. However, when the drama is pulled away, this kind of history is no longer just a tragic poem of images. It is an unforgettable...

Casper 2023-08-12 18:36:15

Follow Hou Hsiao-hsien to learn about the modern history of Taiwan, and now it is rare to see this kind of Taiwanese film with local roots and local...

Lupe 2023-07-30 14:59:22

"On the eighth day of the first month of November in the 20th year of the Showa era, it was a good day and there was a cloud. With a letter of introduction written by my father, I went up the mountain to work at the Miners' Hospital in Jinguashi. My brother was not free to teach, so he asked his good friend Wen Qing to come and pick me up. There is the coolness of autumn, and the scenery along the road is very good. Thinking of being able to see such beautiful scenery every day in the future, I...

Noah 2023-07-20 19:26:02

The history of waves is silently tragic in [Sad City], especially Tony Leung's deaf-mute character eventually gradually grew into the core of emotion and the master of the plot. This state of aphasia is not only a manifestation of Taiwan's orphan nature, but also the silent and tenacious view of history of that generation. The film ends in an equally silent and tenacious photo, which becomes the only evidence of history and faces the future. The film thus becomes a silent and great...

Allan 2023-07-06 07:54:45

In fact, just like Lin Wenqing, the movie is also inaudible and incapable of speaking, but he sees a piece of Taiwan's history clearly and clearly, like a camera set up outside of life, not involved in it, but It completely records life and sculpts a Ukiyo-e in contemporary Taiwan. The footage of the film is calm and restrained, like a melody of erhu in an orderly manner, which makes people feel depressed and can not help but feel...

Alexzander 2023-06-28 12:22:05

"We thought about leaving, but there was nowhere to run. He insisted on taking pictures before being taken away quietly." Under the tragedy of the times, human decency and dignity are so difficult. The door frames, the windows, the cold floors and the round tables are still lingering after reading them. This Hou Hsiao-hsien finally made me go from "suffering to watch" to "feeling the taste", lightly simmering the slow-simmering soup, and finally a ray of aroma came...

Loren 2023-06-23 11:45:27

Hou Hsiao-hsien in 1989, the camera, picture and dubbing are all exquisite. The family history in the big era has its own misfortune and sadness. Different from other similar films, although the pen has always been used in subtleties, the film makes me feel that the director's perspective is more focused on the fate of Taiwan than the fate of the family. This may also be the illusion of some dissociation in the...

Antwan 2023-06-21 21:02:03

Before watching it, it was really hard to imagine that this epic subject was shot in Hou Hsiao-hsien's style, but it's even harder to imagine how boring it would be if it wasn't for him. You can still see the shadow of the Lianlian Fengchen period, but there is also the smoothness of the flowers on the sea. No matter how turbulent the torrent may be, there is always a bitter way out in life, so everything is calm. [Fuck, my inner monologue is that I am so excited to watch such a good movie all...