Bu san (2003)

Note des utilisateurs:

6.9/10   

Réalisateur:

Ming-liang Tsai

Scénariste:

Ming-liang Tsai (writer)

Release Date:

21 juillet 2004 (France)

Genre:

Drame | Comedie

Plot:

On a dark, wet night a historic and regal Chinese cinema sees its final film. Together with a small handful of souls they bid "Goodbye, Dragon Inn."

Plot Keywords:

Rain | Japanese Tourist | Very Little Dialogue | Rice | Old Man

Awards:

10 wins & 9 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

Hard work even for the most committed movie-goer

Ensemble

Kang-sheng Lee	...	Hsiao-Kang
Shiang-chyi Chen	...	Ticket Woman
Kiyonobu Mitamura	...	Japanese tourist
Tien Miao	...	Himself
Chun Shih	...	Himself
reste de la distribution par ordre alphabétique:
Chao-jung Chen
Kuei-Mei Yang	...	Peanut Eating Woman

Autre(s) titre(s):

Bu jian bu san
Good Bye, Dragon Inn (International: English title)
Goodbye, Dragon Inn (USA) (DVD box title)

Durée:

82 min | Argentina:84 min (Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente)

Pays:

Taiwan

Langue:

Mandarin | Taiwanese

Couleur:

Couleur

Son:

Dolby Digital

Classification:

Singapore:PG | Argentina:13

Company:

Homegreen Films

Anecdotes:

The first line of dialogue appears 40 minutes into the film.

Guillemet:

Shih Chun: Teacher Miao. Shih-Chun.
[pause]
Shih Chun: Teacher, you came to see the movie?
Tien Miao: I haven't seen a movie in a long time.
Shih Chun: No one goes to the movies anymore, and no one remembers us anymore.

Movie Connections:

References Gin gwai (2002)

Soundtrack:

Chong Feng

Hard work even for the most committed movie-goer

Seeing this as part of the London Film Festival I had few expectations of the movie and was initially pleased to see the large cinema was a almost a sell-out. However, by the end of this 82 minute feature approximately a quarter of the audience had walked out and to be honest I am surprised that so many remained. Bravely, the film appears to ignore most conventions for film-making; dialogue, narrative and character development are rarely in evidence. The long still shots and selective use of sound (focusing primarily on footsteps and 'small' sounds from within the scene) created an eerie atmosphere but the film's content failed to capitalise on this platform to generate further interest in the characters or development of the themes.

Other films and directors (Tarkovsky) have created genuinely unique movies which have required significant commitment from the audience. However, on this occasion the director strays too far, the film demands too much from the viewer and offers scant return for this time. It reminded me of the experience of seeing a Russian film of the early 90s, The Stone (dir Sokurov), both these films require significant concentration and commitment from their viewers yet for me they both signify the excesses of arthouse cinema.