Goodbye Dragon Inn (US Version) DVD Region 1

The subject of cinema, of the mix of loneliness and connection that is part of being in a movie audience, is the concern of this sad, beautiful, minimalist composition by Taiwanese director Tsai Ming-Liang (WHAT TIME IS IT THERE?). The action takes place Inside a Taipei movie theater operated by a lonely clubfooted woman (Shiyang Chi-Chen) whose slow steps echo through the empty corridors and aisles, as if measuring out the feet of celluloid that make up the film itself. When a character actually speaks, the film is half over, and his exclamation that the theater is "haunted" echoes uneasily through the rest of the film, causing one to wonder just who is a ghost and who isn't. A lonely visitor to the theater (Kiyonobu Mitamura) acts pretty real. But then there are characters who seem to come out of nowhere to sit next to him and bother him with their loud eating. The film on the theater screen is the 1966 King Hu martial arts classic, DRAGON INN, and one of that film's original actors is even in the theater, with his grandson. While not a lot seems to happen, Tsai's film is never dull thanks to the playful sense of sound and stunning cinematography. In chronicling the impermanence of life, and of film itself, this film becomes post-modern as well as beautiful, and---rare for an art film of this sort--accessible and engaging even to the casual movie lover.

"[A] movie about the dreamy pleasures of moviegoing that is itself both haunting and haunted." - A. O., Scott (New York Times Critic), New York Times, 09/17/2004

"[A] remarkable picture..." - Glenn, Kenny (Premiere/Entertainment Weekly Critic), Premiere, 02/01/2005

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Product Title:	Goodbye Dragon Inn (US Version) Goodbye Dragon Inn (US Version) Goodbye Dragon Inn (US Version) Goodbye Dragon Inn (US Version) Goodbye Dragon Inn (US Version)
Artist Name(s):	Lee Kang Sheng (Actor) | Chen Chao-Jung (Actor) | Yang Kuei-Mei (Actor) | Lu Yi-Cheng (Actor) | Chen Shiang-Chyi | Miu Tin 李康生 (Actor) | Chen Chao-Jung (Actor) | Yang Kuei-Mei (Actor) | Lu Yi-Cheng (Actor) | Chen Shiang-Chyi | Miu Tin 李康生 (Actor) | Chen Chao-Jung (Actor) | Yang Kuei-Mei (Actor) | Lu Yi-Cheng (Actor) | Chen Shiang-Chyi | Miu Tin 李康生（リー・カンシェン） (Actor) | Chen Chao-Jung (Actor) | Yang Kuei-Mei (Actor) | Lu Yi-Cheng (Actor) | Chen Shiang-Chyi | Miu Tin Lee Kang Sheng (Actor) | Chen Chao-Jung (Actor) | Yang Kuei-Mei (Actor) | Lu Yi-Cheng (Actor) | Chen Shiang-Chyi | Miu Tin
Director:	Tsai Ming Liang 蔡明亮 蔡明亮 蔡明亮（ツァイ・ミンリャン） Tsai Ming Liang
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Release Date:	2005-02-15
UPC Code:	720917544922
Language:	English
Subtitles:	English
Picture Format:	NTSC What is it?
Color Information:	Color
Disc Format(s):	DVD
Region Code:	1 - USA, Canada, U.S. Territories What is it?
Rating:	Not Rated
Publisher:	Wellspring
Package Weight:	90 (g)
Shipment Unit:	1 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.:	1004415039

Director: Tsai Ming-Liang

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Widescreen - 1.85
Audio:
5.1 Sound