What Time Is It There? Comments

  • Aurelia 2023-05-18 07:25:06

    This film is the ultimate expression of Cai Mingliang's stylization, which is reflected in the strong and simple tendency of formalization. Every shot is a long shot with a fixed camera position. The composition is strict, the lighting and art are precise, the dialogue is minimized, and even the characters are more abstract than previous works. It was the first time that Tsai Ming-liang left Taipei and went to Paris, France for location shooting. In addition to paying homage to Truffaut's "The...

  • Laverna 2023-05-03 21:28:07

    A loneliness obsessive-compulsive disorder, Diaosi's unrequited love that is not unrequited love, and the self-performed performance of female Wen Qing's soul. The masturbation of Xiaokang's mother in front of the portrait of Xiaokang's father makes people feel depressing. When the Hong Kong traveler turns her head to the side, the voice of the heroine's heart writhing in pain can be...

  • Rebeka 2023-04-09 05:01:42

    I watched Director Cai's first film, and then my interest in film appreciation began to rise to a new level. I still think this is Cai's most perfect...

  • Elias 2023-04-06 06:37:40

    I didn't pay attention to the director before watching it, but I always think of "River" when I watch it. It turned out to be from a director, and I don't like Cai Mingliang very much. ....

  • Arielle 2023-03-28 22:18:44

    Tsai Ming-liang is sometimes my dish, sometimes not. I was surprised to see Ye...

  • Nedra 2023-03-10 05:40:06

    I watched it when I was a young literary and artistic young man, and I fell asleep several times... Now I can only remember that the guy inside peed in the middle of the night and didn't go to the...

  • Noelia 2023-03-10 05:06:57

    Forever Li Kangsheng, long shot, stream of consciousness Cai Mingliang's works are not the medicine for loneliness, but the food for...

  • Moriah 2023-03-08 01:17:38

    Another Tsai Mingliang's boring movie. Too lonely too lonely, we are all too...

  • Viviane 2023-03-04 03:04:33

    Two cities that don't even match the time are even more desolate when it comes to emotions. The characters in Tsai Ming-liang's films are decisively empty and rich in their hearts. Too rich naturally lacks an outlet for expression to feel empty; in the same messy streets, life is still very...

  • Lottie 2023-02-26 23:24:55

    There is some kind of connection in the dark, if you look at it from the perspective of a bystander, it can be considered warm. The details are terrible, the cake box thrown away, the protagonist who grew up with 400 hits, the box picked up by his father... The last spinning Ferris wheel, time and space alternate like...

Extended Reading
  • Obie 2022-02-07 14:52:39

    After lust, still lonely

    Loneliness, depression, emptiness, and boredom are the "average states" (in Heidegger's language) of the characters in Tsai Ming-liang's films, and the existential conditions that people face when they take off their masks and examine themselves. Therefore, Cai Mingliang's films are a ruthless...

  • Kimberly 2022-04-19 09:02:58

    A piece of cake misses the warmth of a glass of water

    For some reason, when I was watching this movie, I suddenly remembered a few years ago...
        I ran down the steps, and when I ran to the platform, the subway doors closed softly in front of me. I stood there watching the subway whizz by, the cold wind blowing my long hair. I looked at my face in...

What Time Is It There? quotes

  • Woman in Paris: Oh, Taiwan. I've been there. It's fun.

  • [first lines]

    Father: Hsiao Kang? Hsiao Kang?