A City of Sadness

By Jaylin 2022-12-27 20:36:49

The wind and clouds dissipate, and the sadness remains in the mottled years

Hou Hsiao-hsien's "Sorrowful City" shows the mental journey of the displaced Taiwanese in a specific period with a soothing and tragic tone, desolate and magnificent bearing. The director mapped the events of "2·28" after Taiwan's recovery on the screen, and re-presented this chaotic historical situation. With the life experiences of the four brothers of the Lin family as the background, and with the help of the joys and sorrows of specific characters, the film tells the story of the changing...

By Davonte 2022-12-26 06:41:20

Life has never been like this.

I had seen Hou Hsiao-hsien's semi-autobiographical debut "Childhood Memories" before, and I didn't like to see Hou Director at that time. The video style of learning from Ozu was somewhat similar, but Ozu's capture of the taste of life was in the kind of "Childhood Memories". The pretentious distancing temperament was almost lost. But I didn't expect that Hou Dao, who had tempered his own style almost to the realm four years later, produced a heavy masterpiece.

"City of Sadness"...

By Melyssa 2022-12-26 00:49:34

alive

Fortunately, some time ago, I just read the politics and history of Taiwan, so I have some understanding of the origin and death of "sadness". However, aside from these, in my eyes, it is very similar to Yu Hua's "Alive".

When he was under Japanese occupation, he had a big family but refused to cooperate with the authorities, calling himself a "rogue". After the liberation, the sons of soldiers, one disappeared in Nanyang, and the other returned home in a madness. The mainstay of the...

By Itzel 2022-12-15 18:02:19

Half of the sadness, dazzling and deep in the dark

I admit that when I first watched it, I couldn't stand it. It took two days to read it. When I saw the back, I happened to have a Taiwanese friend and chatted with her. So there is more perspective and perspective.

I just watched "Guling Street Teenage Murder" two days ago. Many people compared the two. The former will affect the audience more directly in terms of plot, rhythm and perspective, but "Sad City" is indeed more restrained. Personal...

By Kaci 2022-12-14 08:32:42

Keelung - Jiufen

Japanese style, with the shadow of Yasujiro Ozu, the long-shot narrative without rushing, there is no obvious tragic atmosphere, when you feel that you are finished procrastinating and sweating for the ending, the story has been completely presented in front of you , A lot of meat, not superfluous, I feel that the slow-to-the-bone plot just now is necessary, otherwise it will not be so long aftertaste.

After a week, I still like it, and I can hum the weird Japanese-style interlude...

By 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. ....

By 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...

By 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...

By 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...

By 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...