Wednesday, March 16, 2005

Goodbye Dragon Inn (2004)

Wispy film from Tsai Ming-Liang about the last night in the life of a run-down movie theater. As such, the overall atmosphere is more important than the characters, most of whom are seen simply as bodies (there's exactly two exchanges of dialogue in the entire film). Tsai does succeed in creating a mournful, almost hopeless air, and his choice to populate the sparse audience with people who are not just disconnected from each other but seem to actively reject any form of connection is an interesting move. But I can't help but think that this is missing something, that it's too deliberately deliberate (if that makes sense). Tsai's films always move at a crawl, but this is the first time I've suspected it's because he didn't have enough to say. Some people love this; I see it as pretty damn minor.

Grade: C+

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