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Film Discussion => The Vault => Topic started by: samsong on May 07, 2006, 04:49:14 PM

Title: Three Times
Post by: samsong on May 07, 2006, 04:49:14 PM
hou hsiao-hsien's new film.

http://www.threetimes-film.com/#

anyone else see it?
Title: Re: Three Times
Post by: Ghostboy on May 07, 2006, 05:39:44 PM
I saw it on DVD a few months ago. I really want to see it on the big screen because, while I think I loved it, I know I missed quite a bit - especially in the middle story, which nonetheless, I think, is my favorite of the three.
Title: Re: Three Times
Post by: modage on May 07, 2006, 05:42:39 PM
i heard its a charm.
Title: Re: Three Times
Post by: hedwig on May 07, 2006, 06:13:04 PM
man, 2006 is the year of The Three.

three times.

united 93.

x-men 3.

m:i 3.

i wonder what it means..  :ponder:
Title: Re: Three Times
Post by: JG on May 07, 2006, 06:14:55 PM
add the three burials of melquiades estrada
Title: Re: Three Times
Post by: pete on May 10, 2006, 09:38:49 PM
hou hsaio-hsien is using closeups!  that's crazy.
Title: Re: Three Times
Post by: samsong on May 11, 2006, 03:42:17 AM
ha! 

anyway i think this is the best film of the year so far and will be at the end of it all.  i'm as enthusiastic and in love with it now was i was with The New World when it came out.  sort of.
Title: Re: Three Times
Post by: grand theft sparrow on May 11, 2006, 08:40:42 AM
Quote from: Hedwig on May 07, 2006, 06:13:04 PM
man, 2006 is the year of The Three.

i wonder what it means..  :ponder:

It means Donald Kaufman's script will finally be produced!
Title: Re: Three Times
Post by: pete on May 11, 2006, 10:11:51 AM
gonna see it on the big screen in four hours, but no one wants to go with me!

edit:
came back from it.  found two people to go with me.  they were both more lukewarm about it than I was.  I was pretty satisfied, but it felt like Hou Hsiao-Hsien lite, especially the third act of the film.  it seemed like it could've gone deeper, even the cinematography was less contrasty.  I really really loved Shi Qi's performance, but I felt like it could've been even slower and longer in each sequence.  the film got a little sloppy in its poignance.