Rent Goodbye, Dragon Inn (2003)
3.4 of 5 from 107 ratings
1h 20min
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- Synopsis:
- In Taipei City, a cavernous old picture palace is about to close its doors forever. A meagre audience, the remaining few staff, and perhaps even a ghost or two, watch King Hu's wuxia classic Dragon Inn - each haunted by memories and desires evoked by cinema itself. An exquisite, wryly funny and tender tribute to the experience of movie-going, Tsai Ming-Liang's poignant love letter to cinema is one of the most beguiling and beloved dramas of modern times and is now widely regarded as a classic.
- Actors:
- Kang-sheng Lee, Shiang-chyi Chen, Kiyonobu Mitamura, Tien Miao, Chun Shih, Chao-jung Chen, Yi Cheng Lee, Kuei-Mei Yang
- Directors:
- Ming-liang Tsai
- Producers:
- Hung-Chih Liang, Vincent Wang
- Writers:
- Sung Hsi, Ming-liang Tsai
- Aka:
- Bu San
- Studio:
- Second Run
- Genres:
- Comedy, Drama
- Countries:
- Taiwan
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 23/11/2020
- Run Time:
- 82 minutes
- Languages:
- Mandarin DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Mandarin LPCM Stereo
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- (0) All
- Bonus:
- An exclusive, newly filmed interview with director Tsai Ming-Liang
- Madam Butterfly (2009): world premiere on home video of Tsai Ming-Liang's remarkable short film interpretation of the classic story
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Reviews (4) of Goodbye, Dragon Inn
One for Ming-Liang Tsai completists! - Goodbye, Dragon Inn review by TE
An absorbing, affectionate addition to the sub-genre of elegies for cinemas that are closing down or are freighted with a director's fond memories (e.g. Cinema Paradiso, The Last Picture Show etc).
The colour palate and the lingering takes are trademark Ming-Liang Tsai, though it is not quite in the same class as his other great films.
The emphasis is on melancholic, deftly humorous observation rather than full narrative, but there are still several memorable set-piece scenes.
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Specialist film for very limited Taiepi audience - Goodbye, Dragon Inn review by MWDW
Totally incomprehensible and required great willpower to see it through to the end. I would need a lens to find a glimmer of humour and it could only be suitable for world cinema festival buffs...
1 out of 2 members found this review helpful.
very, very slow and extremely dull - Goodbye, Dragon Inn review by RD
The synopsis looks extremely interesting, and was the reason for putting it on my rental list.
The film itself is an extremely weird kettle of fish, and although we are both used to slow burning films and can stick with a film that eventually builds in interest, we were forced to bale out of this one shortly after what was surely the longest urination scene in cinema history, where nothing happened apart from three guys standing at a urinal. The previous ten minutes or so (difficult to judge as it felt more like months) contained even less interest and action.
An improvement on this film would be to buy a tin of Dulux paint, brush a small panel with one coat and stare at it until it is dry.
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