(sorry about the lag—speakeasy pulled that thing on me so i couldn’t publish again. they fixed it, but i need to argue with them to see how it won’t happen again. or periodically even.)
just saw Goodbye, Dragon Inn at the sfiff. i don’t know what it is about these taiwanese directors. the guy who announced the film said his theory about taiwanese films is that they’re all about some sort of loss or isolation. i don’t know about that, but why do all of them have to be so long and slow? i know heather loves hou hsiao-hsien, but man, he puts me out like nobody’s business. and i have to admit i fell asleep during this film as well, even though it wasn’t by him. there were interesting ponderous moments and funny little oddities, and it was even kind of sweet, but watching some woman who’s leg is lame with polio slowly walk up the stairs, slowly walk down a hallway, slowly walk around a large theatre, slowly clean the bathroom, etc. is just not gripping filmmaking.
maybe having grown up in the west has poisoned my mind with that non-stop mtv video game action! where’s that kill bill?!?
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