Yes, its pace is slow, and yes its depressing, but theres a lot of beauty here, and there are signs of what tsai ming liang would go onto accomplish in subsequent films. This appeared, in a somewhat different form, in the april 14, 2000 issue of the chicago reader. We have extended shots of patrons using the restrooms, of a cat taking refuge from the rain, and of the screen being cleaned once the movie is done, but once more, words cannot. A plumber, checking a leak, makes a hole in the mans floor and leaves. I think this setting serves as an insight into how the main character views society. Travis jeppesen on anatomy of loneliness the films of tsai. Tsai mingliangs films include what time is it there. While edward yangs expansive, multigenerational intimate epic of life in modern day taiwan has made him an arthouse star and hou hsiaohsiens contemplative and primarily historical films have won him a warm and secure place in almost every serious. Jan 29, 2016 in your notebook today you find the barely recognisable words a howl against modernity and recall that they were put there during a screening at the south london gallery of the hole 1998 by tsai mingliang the malaysianborn taiwanese art house director. The films of tsai mingliang in the context of the new. Directed by tsai ming liang mandarin chinese with english subtitles. Tsai mingliang occupies a peculiar point in the bright and expanding constellation of internationally successful taiwanese filmmakers. Directed by tsai ming liang, 1998, 95 minutes the final days of the year 1999 prove to be a bleak and chaotic time in taipei.
Set in taipei like his other movies save for parts of what time is it there. The hole is the fourth feature film by malaysianborn taiwanese art house director tsai ming liang, following rebels of the neon god 1992, vive lamour 1994 and the river 1996. A tsai mingliang film ill just dump my rubbish anywhere. Not much else to say without spoiling, as it is only 9 minutes long. Caroline benjo, carole scotta and peggy chiao present. The first full retrospective of tsai mingliangs films in chicago, playing. Born in malaysia in 1957, tsai moved to taiwan 20 years later and graduated from the chinese cultural university in 1982. Software sites tucows software library shareware cdroms software capsules compilation cdrom images zx spectrum doom level cd featured image all images latest this just in flickr commons occupy wall street flickr cover art usgs maps. Born in kuching, malaysia, he graduated from the drama and cinema department of the chinese cultural university of taiwan and worked as a theatrical producer and tv director. Central pictures corporation as part of a program to promote upandcoming.
She hasnt seen him since, and has no idea what he is doing near her apartment building. The summaries were more vague than helpful and, although it did sum up each scene in general, it did little in helping a person understanding the small. Hsiao kang offers her a glass of water through the hole, and she drinks it. This acclaimed, festivalwinning drama tells the story of a man with a troubled family and a surreal ailment. Every film by director tsai ming liang has starred the laconic, enigmatic lee kangsheng. Representation of spaceplace in tsai ming liangs the hole to address this issue. We hope you find this catalog meets some of your needs in providing provocative, new and illuminating films as well as reintroducing some classic films from the past. He has written and directed 10 feature films and has also directed many short films and television films. The hole by tsai mingliang sometimes when you are watching a movie in the dark you reach for your notebook and pen to scribble down a thought about what you are experiencing. Face by tsai mingliang has been commissioned and coproduced by the musee du louvre as opus 1 of the new series the louvre invites filmmakers. Tsai ming liang s days blends his usual slowcinema style with a dose of personal filmmaking consistent with his and longtime collaborator lee kangshengs advancing years. The woman catches the disease and crawls into the toilet paper fort that she made. Cai mingliang born 27 october 1957 is a malaysiantaiwanese filmmaker.
The hole by tsai mingliang a few words a week on art. Mingliang tsai dong aka the hole 1998 cinema of the world. He has written and directed ten feature films and has. Its often hard to read in the cold light of day and you might wonder quite why you do this. Chen chaojung, left, and lee kangsheng in tsai mingliangs rebels of the neon god. Mingliang tsai celebrity profile check out the latest mingliang tsai photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. In his 1998 film the hole i believe that tsai ming liang hit a breaking point with his portrayal of apartments that flood, crack up, or fall apart. The film is set during an epidemic that is wiping out taiwans population. Perhaps the most harrowing of tsai ming liang s meditations on urban isolation and communication breakdown, the river is a reliably demanding exponent of the taiwanese filmmakers cinema. Taiwanese director tsai mingliang previously won top awards for his 1994 vive lamour at. Popular videos tsai mingliang tsai mingliang topic. Those infected scuttle, seek, and scatter like cockroaches. Introduction on february 2 by alex wen of subtitle magazine. Tsai ming liangs hole is a film about loneliness that is set somewhere in taipei where people are advised to leave by government.
City without tears tsai mingliang s the river posted february 14, 2018. His idiosyncratic oeuvre continues to enthrall audiences. In the narrowness of these enclosed spaces, the world becomes so much bigger. It is this aspect that makes tsais films something more than cinema, more akin to poetry.
In 1991, i was producing a tv show, a halfhour drama about a juniorhighschool student, and i was looking for a new face for the lead role. May 24, 2012 tsai mingliangs collaboration to chacun son cinema. At least when youre reading the subtitles your eyes would be on the actors action on the stage. While the woman downstairs finds herself drowning in water leaks, the man upstairs becomes increasingly intrigued by his. Critics of tsai s films usually emphasise what they interpret as tsai s relentless pessimism about the state of human relations in the postmodern urban dystopias. Ballad of narayama the ballad of narayama is a japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice, telling a story of startling cruelty. A mysterious virus causes the inflicted to behave like cockroaches. This film, like the hole, features several musical numbers between tsais. At the venice film festival, near the end of taiwanese director tsai mingliang s stray dogs, there was an unbelievably long, static, silent shot.
Director tsai ming liang interjects incongruous action as the woman indulges in fantasies of herself as the lead singer in popular 1950s songanddance numbers, the only moments to relieve this. This provides us with an opportunity to discuss about urban design literature and to know what lessons these narratives may provide in helping us analyzing the movie. The river rating masterpiece directed by tsai ming liang written by tsai. Reason is a a disease that pass from the bugs which causes strange changes in peoples life styles like fear of light. Jacques picoux, penjung liao, mingliang tsai, jukuan hsiao, fengchyt jiang, peggy. It is another in tsai ming liang s walker series, with the usual beautiful contrasting of extreme methodical slowness and relentless life rushing by, this time set in france with a brief cameo from denis lavant who of course fits perfectly into this milieu. Representation of spaceplace in tsai ming liangs the hole.
Since then, his perfect embodiment of an antiactor has had a profound impact on my work. After a repairman accidently drills a hole in the floor of an apartment, two neighbors become intimately aware of the others presence. We have had the privilege of speaking with taiwanbased filmmakermaster of slow cinema tsai mingliang three. Taiwanese director tsai ming liang previously won top awards for his 1994 vive l. Tsai mingliang on his new approach to filmmaking and why days. Travis jeppesen anatomy of loneliness the films of tsai mingliang runs through the month of september at the kino arsenal in berlin. Tsai ming liang malaysia, 1957 he is one of the most prominent film directors of the new cinema movement in taiwan.
At the 1998 cannes film festival, this taiwanesefrench drama won a fipresci award, given by international critics. Dong the hole tsai ming liang, 1998 grace chang youtube. His second feature film, vive lamour 1994, won the golden lion best picture at the 1994 venice film festival. The river directed by tsai ming liang written by tsai, yang bi ying, and tsai. Hsiaokang, a clueless customerless shopkeeper in a quarantine zone, begins picking at a hole left by. Sep 02, 2017 tsai mingliang, iconoclastic art house darling and purveyor of toughlove cinema, admits to being baffled why so many parties approached him to make a virtual reality movie. The hole tsai ming liang, 1998 grace chang by neyfa. Tsai mingliang and a cinema of slowness song hwee lim honolulu.
Select one of the letters to view a proper section of titles list. Defying evacuation orders, a woman and a man remain in their apartments. In this regard, analyzing movies is crucial for urban design as movies characterize the. He has written and directed ten feature films and has also directed many short films and television films. Tsai mingliang talks about stray dogs financial times. In 1994, his film vive lamour was awarded the golden lion award at the venice film festival, and this helped establish a place for him in the world of international film. Tsai mingliang great director profile senses of cinema. Tsai ming liang s days puts aging and mortality on display.
I dont want to sleep alone, the wayward cloud, goodbye dragon inn the cinema is shot at once with great mundanity and great romance. Rebelsoftheneongod1992720pblurayx264melitetsaimingliangeng. Surreal, erotic, outrageous, tsai ming liang s the wayward cloud is a ravishing, vibrant, truly original musical, a radical development from the internationallyacclaimed director of the river and the hole. The star of this film is the hole and the contents. Hsiaokang lee kangsheng is the same alienated youth whose chance encounter with shiangchyi chen shiangchyi provided the spark that fueled tsai s earlier films. Only two years after it was made, tsai mingliangs the hole looks like a film very much of its time. Feature 1992 rebels of the neon god 1994 vive l amour 1996 the river 1998 hole 2001 what time is it there. In this touching documentary, tsai sits down with his muse in the abandoned taiwan house they bought together, and they share an afternoon of reminiscence, unprecedented reflection, and a. One of world cinemas most significant auteurs, tsai mingliang. Tsai is one of the most celebrated second new wave film directors of taiwanese cinema. A man and a woman are connected by a hole between their apartments formed by an unending water leak.
He lays down next to the hole and sticks his leg into it. Critics of tsai s films usually emphasise what they interpret as tsai s relentless pessimism. The films of tsai mingliang in the context of the new taiwanese cinema taiwans rapid transformation resulted in a collective character that tends towards reflection and nostalgia for the old life, and a certain dissatisfaction with contemporary life and modernisation chiao hsiung ping, the distinct taiwanese and hongkong cinemas. The hole screening and what time is it there screening view event details. Tsai ming liang statecollapsed to show the template collapsed, i. In the hole, lees character is as passive and hard to read as ever tsai mingliang once delightedly described lees acting style as resembling that of a robot in slowmotion. The most audacious film to date from visionary director tsai ming liang, the wayward cloud is about a porn actor and the museum tour guide who enters into a strange relationship with him, unaware of his profession. The hole tsai ming liang, 1998 introduction on january 31 by jennifer reeder. Hsiaokang, a clueless, customerless shopkeeper in a quarantine zone, begins picking at a hole left by a. I remember how radical this seemed for asian cinema in the mid90s, with no dialog for the first 20odd minutes, all the surreptitious voyeurism, that initial extended cruising scene, the hints of gay desire from hsiaokang for ahjung note the character names are derived from the actors names, and the long static shots of. Acclaimed auteur tsai ming liang rebels of the neon god, vive lamour directs the film, which won silver bear at the berlin international film festival. Rebels of the neon god 1992 720p blu ray x 264 meli te. What made this retrospective especially enticing was the screening of two features which had never shown in montreal, goodbye, dragon inn 2003 and his most recent film, the wayward cloud 2005, plus several shorts which had also never shown in.
Tsai mingliang s films include what time is it there. Sep 20, 20 at the venice film festival, near the end of taiwanese director tsai mingliangs stray dogs, there was an unbelievably long, static, silent shot. Along with edward yang and hou hsiaohsien, tsai ming liang became one of taiwans most prominent directors during the 1990s. New york, november 1517, 2009 malaysianborn, taiwanbased filmmaker tsai mingliang and his longterm collaborator, actor lee kangsheng, met with the audience at the asia societys new york center for the faces of tsai mingliang film series november 21, 2009. A bizarre epidemic has broken out in taipei and the city is under quarantine. I saw it two and a half years ago with german subtitles at the vienna film festival, and i. The hole, also known as the last dance, is a 1998 dramamusical film directed by tsai mingliang. A tsai ming liang film ill just dump my rubbish anywhere. Leisure time features began in 1992 with a commitment to distributing films of political and social importance, as well as films showing formal and aesthetic innovation. Dong the hole tsai ming liang, 1998 grace chang duration. His films regularly appeared in festivals around the globe and he received lavish praise from film critics worldwide. I really enjoyed journey to the west, also on cinema guilds stray dogs disc. The easiest way to caption and translate any video, with crowdsourcing, volunteers, and professional services.
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