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con Lee Kang-Sheng, Chen Shiang-Chyi, Kiyonobu Mitamura
Taiwan, 1h22
v.o. cinese sott. italiano - versione restaurata
Per ripararsi dalla pioggia, un turista giapponese entra in un cinema destinato a chiudere definitivamente di lì a poche ore. Sullo schermo scorrono le immagini di Dragon Inn (1967) di King Hu ma la proiezione è quasi deserta. Giunto al suo sesto lungometraggio, il malese Tsai Ming-liang si allontana temporaneamente dalla Taipei dalle strade affollate e alienanti e prova a racchiudere il suo consueto discorso sulla solitudine dell'uomo contemporaneo entro le mura claustrofobiche di un piccolo cinema fatiscente. Un'operazione potentissima, che richiede pazienza, ma che è capace di appagare chiunque entri in sintonia con i suoi ritmi pacati e le sue atmosfere sinuose.
a cura di LongTake
The last projection before an old movie theatre shuts its doors forever.
A young Japanese man runs into the theatre for refuge from the pouring rain.
The theatre appears empty, void of life, yet there are other presences than just the few spectators... The crippled female ticket clerk and the young projectionist have never been able to meet, even though they both work in the same theatre, day after day. Since tonight is her last chance, the pretty clerk wants to share her peach-shaped fortune cake with the handsome projectionist. But when she stops by the projection room, he is still not there. She refuses to leave the theatre without one last look at him. She searches for him through the labyrinth-like passageways of the old movie house... The gigantic screen glows with Dragon Inn, a hit swordplay movie 36 years ago. The Japanese guy notices a couple of men who look very much like the actors on screen. Older now, sitting in the dark and empty theatre. Watching their own movie, reminiscing, mourning... Are these persons real? Or are they spirits who refuse to leave?
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