879 - Taipei Story (1985)

Random Acts of Cinema

English - March 18, 2024 22:55 - 1 hour - 51.2 MB - ★★★★ - 13 ratings
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The good days are long past for Chan and Leung, a couple slowly drifting apart, and losing themselves in the oncoming wave of modernity consisting of unemployment, debt, loneliness, and alienation. But since Edward Yang directed it, somehow it’s all beautiful.

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If you’d like to watch ahead for next week’s film, we will be discussing and reviewing René Lalou’s Fantastic Planet (1973).