Taiwanese dramas are usually a pretty safe bet and while most of them are not all that original or creative, in the end they definitely know how to deliver. Blowfish is one of the best examples I've seen so far, only sparingly experimenting with more frivolous elements, yet fleshing out on of the dearest romances I've seen on film so far. Chi Y. Lee just bumped up a few notches on my list of notable discoveries. Between this film and Lee's short film Smoke (included in the Taipei 24h anthology) it's clear that Lee both understands and embraces the visual aspect of the medium. While there are some sparse dialogues in Blowfish, they are few and far between and they consist mostly of small-talk. The...
- 12/6/2011
- Screen Anarchy
Looking back at my reviews here, I can safely say that I love a good anthology film (Genius Party and Beyond, Phobia and Phobia 2, Ten Nights Of Dreams). Some people dislike them for their lack of coherence and shifts in quality, others love them for their broad range of styles and creativity. I belong to the latter group so I was quite thrilled to hear about this new anthology project coming from Taiwan. Lucky for me it didn't disappoint.
Taipei 24h is constructed around one single 24-hour day in Taipei. Eight directors joined the project, each of them handling a different time frame. While the shorts themselves are not connected in any way the film starts in the morning and ends the next day. The range of directors is quite broad though it does miss a few of the regular old-timers (namely Hou and Tsai). Not that it reflects on...
Taipei 24h is constructed around one single 24-hour day in Taipei. Eight directors joined the project, each of them handling a different time frame. While the shorts themselves are not connected in any way the film starts in the morning and ends the next day. The range of directors is quite broad though it does miss a few of the regular old-timers (namely Hou and Tsai). Not that it reflects on...
- 11/10/2010
- Screen Anarchy
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