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Halle 2022-04-21 09:03:32

Although it took a long time to calm down before watching it, I have to say that when I first started watching, I still reported the disgust mentality that I was going to give one star, and even in the first 30 minutes of the film, it kept appearing in my mind. Yes, it is still attacking and criticizing the remarks and sets of reviews for Samsung or more. It's not all my fault either... In high school, the one cloud in the sky that TGJ sneaked into me in a chemistry book was the first Tsai Ming-liang movie I came into contact with. I, who didn't understand it at first, felt like I was humiliated. This humiliation has been aroused again now, and with so many people connecting Cai Mingliang and Truffaut, it has turned into complete jealousy... Now It seems that if A Cloud in the Sky is the first Cai Mingliang you come into contact with, it can only mean that he and you had no fate in those days.

Kang adjusted the clock in the movie theater, and the context of the movie became clear. Cinema is the right place. There, there is always only night, and it is naturally the easiest to get rid of jet lag. Loneliness, cold warmth began to spread, people calmed down and no longer harbored resentment... In fact, as long as there is a little theme and lines, the movie can catch the heart.

Looking back now, a cloud in the sky is really an unbearable experience... What many misunderstandings and inexplicable left me: Kang turned out to be an ordinary person who can talk, sell watches, and have a mother. Xiangqi originally had such an illusory, but profound dependence on Kang... It turns out that Kang's story is not bizarre or perverted at all... In fact, it's hard to say how much I would have understood and liked it if I had watched this first - back then The movies that you watch are really rare. However, judging from the reaction of a cloud in the sky, it is not entirely because of my young age...

In fact, with so many metaphorical long shots, I always feel that Tsai Ming-liang's idol should be Tarkovsky... How can Truffaut, who is his duty, have anything to do with it... However, since he has completely attached his director's trajectory to Truffaut, there can be no more requirements in other aspects... In fact, Cai Mingliang didn't always feel bored... He even thought of inviting Antoine, who is so sweethearted, to leave a phone call to Xiang Qi at the cemetery... I think this should be the most interesting tribute in the world...

After reading this book, I still can't find any connection between it and a cloud in the sky in my impression... Maybe it's too long, too boring, and forgotten... I'm a little tangled, should I read it again? A cloud in the sky again... As a movie about loneliness, it can be given five stars... Those details, the long lens still can't be relieved...

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What Time Is It There? quotes

  • [first lines]

    Father: Hsiao Kang? Hsiao Kang?

  • Shiang-chyi: Come on. Sell me this one.

    Hsiao-kang: It'd be bad luck to own my watch.

    Shiang-chyi: Why?

    Hsiao-kang: Someone in my family just died. I'm in mourning. I can't sell it to you.