Good Men, Good Women (1995) Hsiao-Hsien Hou

rarefilm — Mon, 13 Jan 2025 22:05:29 +0000

Intended as the concluding film in the trilogy on the modern history of Taiwan began with Beiqing Chengshi (1989), this film reveals the story through three levels: a film within a film as well as the past and present as linked by a young woman, Liang Ching. She is being persecuted by an anonymous man who calls her repeatedly but does not speak. He has stolen her diary and faxes her pages daily. Liang is also rehearsing for a new film that is due to go into production soon. The film, entitled Haonan Haonu, is about a couple Chiang Bi-yu and Chung Hao-tung who returns to China to participate in the anti-Japanese movement in China in the 1940s and are arrested as communists when they go back to Taiwan.

Also Known As (AKA): Hao nan hao nu, Bons Homens Boas Mulheres

IMDB

File Name : Good.Men.Good.Women.1995.mkv
File Size : 1.59 GB / 1633 MB
Resolution : 684×460 @ 810×460
Duration : 01:48:04

Quality: DVDRip
Language: Mandarin, Cantonese, Japanese, Min Nan
Subs: English, Japanese, Chinese (embedded)
Genre: Drama, Romance

Good.Men.Good.Women.1995.mkv

The Puppetmaster AKA Xi meng ren sheng (1993) Hsiao-Hsien Hou, Tian-Lu Li, Giong Lim, Kuei-Chung Cheng

rarefilm — Sun, 07 Feb 2021 17:27:33 +0000

This Hou Hsiao Hsien masterpiece is a portrait of the childhood and adolescence of octogenarian Taiwanese puppet master and actor Li T’ien-lu, who narrates the film both off-screen and on-screen. In this second installment of a trilogy on Taiwanese life in the 20th century (City of Sadness is the first and Good Men, Good Women is the third), Li’s development as an artist and husband plays out between 1908 and 1945 under the heavy hand of Japanese rule, paralleling the development of Taiwan’s own political consciousness. The movie deftly shifts from a dramatization of Li’s life, to Li speaking directly to the camera about his experiences, to his puppet performances in a semi-documentary style that recalls The Thin Blue Line (1988). Here, as in most of his films, Hou uses long takes and off-screen space to create a complex, richly layered meditation on personal, artistic, and national aspirations.

Also Known As (AKA): Mestre das Marionetes, Le maître de marionnettes, Il maestro burattinaio, El maestro de marionetas, In the Hands of a Puppet Master

IMDB

Xi.Meng.Ren.Sheng.AKA.The.Puppetmaster.1993.mkv

Giong Lim – RareFilm

Good Men, Good Women (1995) Hsiao-Hsien Hou

The Puppetmaster AKA Xi meng ren sheng (1993) Hsiao-Hsien Hou, Tian-Lu Li, Giong Lim, Kuei-Chung Cheng