Goodbye Dragon Inn
À l’occasion de la publication du 200e numéro de la revue de cinéma 24 images, nous accueillons leurs auteurs pour une série de projections doubles qui promettent de nourrir adéquatement le cinéphile avide ! Au menu : Wong Kar-wai, Yasujirō Ozu, Tsai Ming Liang, Sofia Coppola… Chaque projection sera présentée par l’un des auteurs de la revue.
Finally in Montreal !
Goodbye, Dragon Inn is set in the approximately 90 minutes of the last feature at an old Taipei cinema that is closing down, showing King Hu's 1967 sword-fighting classic Dragon Inn. Only a few people are present in the cinema, and various subplots develop around them. Throughout the film, the ticket woman tries to find the projectionist, searching for him in order to give him a steamed bun. She wears an iron brace on her leg. She walks around the theater throughout the film, struggling up and down stairs. A young Japanese tourist wanders around the cinema in search of a homosexual encounter. Chen Chao-jung brushes off his advance and tells him that the cinema is haunted. Jun Shi, one of the actors who appeared in Dragon Inn, watches the film with tears in his eyes. Outside the theater, he encounters Miao Tien, who had been watching the film with his grandson; Miao also starred in the original film.
Tsai Ming-liang
Tsai Ming-liang is a Malaysian filmmaker based in Taiwan. He has written and directed 11 feature films, many short films, and television films. He is one of the most celebrated "Second New Wave" film directors of Taiwanese cinema. His films have been acclaimed worldwide and have won numerous awards at festivals. In 1994, Tsai won the Golden Lion at the Venice International Film Festival for the film Vive L'amour. He also notably won the Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize for The River at the 1997 Berlin International Film Festival, the FIPRESCI Prize for The Hole at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival, and the Silver Bear - Grand Jury Prize for Stray Dogs in 2013.
