A City of Sadness Reviews

Adelbert 2022-01-26 08:45:44

I'm not a big fan of movies. The first time I saw City of Sadness was at the Xiaopo Art Cinema in New York nine years ago. At that time, I had no idea who Hou Hsiao-hsien was, not even Tony Leung, because the Tony Leung in my memory was still a TVB fish. Son. At that time, the film had been in...

Angeline 2022-01-26 08:45:44

How beautifully can an epic be portrayed? Perhaps it is as majestic as Leo Tolstoy's "War and Peace", which writes a history mixed with gunpowder and blood. Or it is as lingering and sad as Pasternak's "Doctor Zhivago", which makes the story of children's love and long-term love watered by iron and...

Ara 2022-01-26 08:45:44

A night wind blowing under shady Keelung, the years turned up waves beat city under the moon. A woman is giving birth, and a lamp hangs in the hut, lighting up the dim yellow anxiety of the family. This is Taiwan in 1945. The creaking radio broadcasts the news of Japan's total surrender, and...

Eloy 2022-01-26 08:45:44

In a current situation, certain catchphrases of the people at the bottom always best illustrate those complicated and tangled social emotions, such as the national swearing of "fuck your mother", which is angry, excited, and downright vulgar. However, the movie "City of Sadness", which has shown...

Aida 2022-01-26 08:45:44

      Hou Hsiao-hsien's "City of Sadness" begins with Emperor Hirohito's edict of surrender and ends with "Easy to Shou in the Mainland". I think Hou Xiaoxian is not a politician. Maybe he just wants to use the times as the background, and he wants to describe the people and events of the times,...

Lurline 2022-01-26 08:45:44

"Sorrowful City" A woman gave birth in pain, only a single candle, no lights. The news of Japan's unconditional surrender was playing on the radio. Lin Wenxiong was helpless amid the woman's mournful cries, worshipped God, smoked, drank water, and waited anxiously. "Fuck you mother, the electricity...

Alberto 2022-01-26 08:45:44

If I had to sum up the background of the movie "City of Sadness" in two words, it would be: troubled times. The Nationalist government took over Taiwan from the Japanese. At this time, Taiwanese society was mixed with dragons and snakes, with various classes fighting endlessly, and the common...

Brook 2022-01-26 08:45:44

"City of Sadness" Movie Script Taiwan Times Film and Television Co., Ltd. produced in 1989 Script: Wu Nianzhen Screenwriter: Wu Nianzhen, Zhu Tianwen Director: Hou Hsiao-hsien Starring: Tony Leung, Xin Shufen, Chen Songyong Awards: 1989 Venice International Film Festival Golden Lion Award Title...

Adeline 2022-01-26 08:45:44

On August 15, 1945, the hoarse voice of the Japanese emperor sounded on the radio, Japan surrendered and the war was over. At the same time, a family surnamed Lin in Keelung, Taiwan also welcomed their newborn. Coincidentally, as soon as the child was born, the room that was originally dark and...

Alvina 2022-01-26 08:45:44

The title seems to be very academic. The dialect system, or the language system, but I think the dialect is the key point.     "The City of Sadness" is a Hou Hsiao-hsien movie that I watched very late. I feel that heavy historical themes, especially movies with a heavy political background, have...