SAT AUG 17, 2024 4:00 PM YOUR FACE $8.00 (member) ; $13.00 (general admission) Los Feliz 3 | ‘Tsai Ming-liang: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’ This program is made possible by the Spotlight Taiwan grant from the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of China (Taiwan), with additional support provided by the Taiwan Academy of the Economic and Cultural Office in Los Angeles. Add to Cart
ABOUT THE FILM: In Mandarin with English subtitles. Tsai Ming-Liang makes portrait shots of 13 individuals, including his regular actor Lee Kang-Sheng and Lee’s mother. Some speak of their pasts; one massages her face; one plays the harmonica; another dozes off. There is a lot of silence, fittingly accompanied by Ryuichi Sakamoto’s hypnotic, minimalist score. Subverting the talking-head documentary tradition, Tsai refocuses our gaze on the shifting light and the passage of time evident on these gentle faces. FORMAT: DCP DISTRIBUTOR: Home Green Films COUNTRY: Taiwan