A City of Sadness Reviews

Guillermo 2022-04-21 09:03:30

Ah Xue, the fourth uncle was taken away, and where he was taken, I still don't know. At first we thought about escaping, but there was no way to escape. I am writing to you today because I am in a calmer mood now. This photo was taken three days before your fourth uncle was arrested. On the day he...

Marjolaine 2022-04-20 09:02:34

When I read it, I thought of writing, but I couldn't find the inspiration to talk about it; what was boiling in my heart, but I couldn't express it. It took almost 5 hours to watch a movie that lasted nearly 3 hours. From 10 pm to 3 am, there was a pause in the middle, and I cooked a bowl of...

Theodore 2022-04-20 09:02:34

The second review of "City of Sadness", although the film is two and a half hours long, the plot is contrary to Hou Hsiao-hsien's slow rhythm, and the rhythm is very tight, and such a complex plot can be presented in two and a half hours. It is not easy. . When you watch it for the first time,...

Allie 2022-04-20 09:02:34

Through the classic soundtrack of SENS, the film begins to narrate the life of the Lin family in the deeply immersive depth-of-field shots. The fixed picture makes people feel every change of the Lin family more from the sidelines. The newborn born in the light carries the parents. Looking forward...

Myrtis 2022-04-20 09:02:34

The camera is always placed outside the window or door, and is still and unresponsive, it seems to be just an observer without any subjective emotions. The audience is repeatedly reminded by the window frames and door frames not to interfere in the story, but to be an objective spectator. Hou...

Desiree 2022-04-20 09:02:34

This story tells the life of four brothers in a Taiwanese family. The whole story begins with the end of the Anti-Japanese War and ends with the 228 Incident in Taiwan. In the end, the eldest Wenxiong was shot by a hooligan and died on the spot. The second child was recruited to Nanyang by the...

Otto 2022-04-20 09:02:34

"In the Meiji era, there was a girl who committed suicide by jumping over a waterfall. She was not frustrated, nor was she world-weary, but faced with such a splendid youth, she was afraid that once it disappeared, she would not know what to do. It is better to be like cherry blossoms, when life is...

Watson 2022-04-20 09:02:34

Re-watching "The City of Sadness", the mood seems to be peaceful. The irresistible personal fate under the laws of nature reminds people of leaving their homeland, reminiscent of displacement, and the bleak life under the decoration of the peaceful and prosperous times. The color of the...

Yessenia 2022-04-20 09:02:34

I fell in love with Hou Hsiao-hsien's films later. The first contact with Taiwanese movies turned out to be from Tsai Ming-liang, a non-pure native Taiwanese director. At that time, I watched "Long Live Love", "River", "A Cloud in the Sky" and so on. In Cai Mingliang's films, there are always those...

Cleora 2022-04-20 09:02:34

At the beginning of this film, produced in 1989, under a dim light, a new life was born. However, the family will be shrouded in the dark shadow of fate. If you, the audience, are sensitive enough, you are very It is easy to guess the tragic path of the protagonists from the bitter and melodious...