A Time to Live, a Time to Die
Why this pick
Hou's restrained long takes and unforced attention to domestic space offer a complementary Taiwanese slow-cinema sensibility, finding profound feeling in ellipses, duration and the texture of daily life.
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IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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Why this pick
Hou's restrained long takes and unforced attention to domestic space offer a complementary Taiwanese slow-cinema sensibility, finding profound feeling in ellipses, duration and the texture of daily life.
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01 / THE STORY
Hsiao-kang (Lee Kang-sheng), a young salesman, discovers a key to an apartment in its lock and takes it. He soon moves into one of the bedrooms, and one night he attempts to commit suicide by slitting his wrists while lying on the bed.
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