JEONJU Intl. Film Festival

23rd

Masters’ Shorts

The Night

Director_ TSAI Ming-Liang

Taiwan 2021 20min DCP Color shorts Documentary

Review

Tsai Ming-Liang visits Hong Kong at the end of 2019 for a show centered around an old song. Like many Asians, he has childhood memories and affection for Hong Kong’s vibrant culture in the past. Walking through Causeway Bay at night after a turbulent day full of protests, he begins to photograph the scenery around him. A seemingly familiar city at night unfolds on the screen but as an old Chinese song from the 1940s is heard in the background, Tsai Ming-Liang's magic envelops the landscape of the city with heart and emotion. [Sung MOON]

CREDIT

DirectorTSAI Ming-Liang
ProducerClaude WANG

CinematographyTSAI Ming-Liang
EditorCHANG Jhong-Yuan

DIRECTOR

Tsai Ming-Liang

Born in Malaysia in 1957, he is one of the most sensual and emotional filmmakers of his generation, making his debut with the feature film Rebels of the Neon God (1992). His sophomore film, Vive L’amour (1994), won the Golden Lion award at the Venice Film Festival while The River (1996) won the Jury Award at Berlin, thus solidifying his status as a major filmmaker. All of his feature films so far have been selected by the top three film festivals of the world, and his major works include Goodbye, Dragon Inn (2003), The Wayward Cloud (2005), I Don't Want to Sleep Alone (2006), and Days (2020).

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