Asian cinema

Millennium Mambo 2001 ‘千禧曼波’ Directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien Synopsis Taipei. A voice off-camera looks back ten years to 2000, when Vicky was in an on-again off-again relationship with Hao-Hao… Aesthetic Movie Aesthetic Asian Movie Aesthetic Cinema Aesthetic Asian Cinema

A near-staggering achievement of mise-en-scene that serves both as a devoted homage to Ozu and as a major triumph for Hsiao-Hsien Hou Before the film really starts there’s a dedication to Ozu’s centenarian 100 year old celebration Apparently the film was conceived as an anthology film with 3 parts but HHH is the only auteur that remained as the project idea progressed — Hsiao-Hsien Hou ‘s one of the art form’s greatest masters of mise-en-scene this side of Ozu so the project and idea seems…

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