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James

13Mar12

A restrained, optimistic yet melancholy masterpiece

Hou Hsiao-Hsien's masterful 'slice of life' approach is delicate, precise & beautiful, but this film seems to hit a few too many flat notes overall. Look forward to discovering more of his work though...

Lauren

16Apr11

maybe it's because i had a migrane, but the color grading wasn't working for me. beautiful nonetheless.

micah van hove

9Mar12

Agreed
Dermo

18May12

Seriously... pop a pill and rewatch!

Alysson Oliveira

20Dec10

Because cinema can be deep and sad and beautiful and chaotic.. and... just like life.

Danny Dreams

29Jun10

Pleasantly surprised by this. Pleasant, nostalgic and Beautiful. Hou Hsiao-hsien is very close to being one of my favourite directors.

Christine Lai

17May10

love the scene where JB does the voice for the muppets!!

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Jye Sherwell

25Apr10

They need a new pic for this film.

micah van hove

9Mar12

Send me one!

Julien Stalens

18Apr10

Stunning cinema

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theladyassassin

12Apr10

Slow moving but very beautiful

Dean Fernando

9Apr10

this film was a revelation to me with his use of the rack focus as a the main camera narrative device, which plays beautifully on the big screen, and looks insubstantial on a television screen. HHH's films like Jarmusch's films can only be fully appreciated when projected on the big screen.

Dermo

8Apr10

I loved the song - performed by French chanteuse Camille. I thought it perfectly cuaght the jarring nature of Hou's film and his central character.

Jye Sherwell

3Apr10

That silly song at the end really damaged my rating for this otherwise wonderful film.

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Dermo

2Mar10

The most perfect film I can imagine. Beautifully captures the nature of recollection and the emotional strength derived from artistic endeavour. A work of art that muses on many works of art. Not a remake of the Lamorisse film however!!

rajiv ibrahim

23Feb10

CAPTIVATING !

Phil Worfel

12Aug09

Looong Takes. Which I love. Beautifully shot and touching if a bit too spare for my taste.

dianeinjapan

16Jul09

lovely, calm, atmospheric, a bit melancholy...

Earthbound

10Jun09

The Red Balloon >>>>>>>>>>>>> Flight......

Carlos VS

13Jan09

The film is bored and I do not think is a good tribute to Albert Lamorisse's 1956 classic short “The Red Balloon”. Beware of this film

Minhsu Wang

10Jan09

I'm surprised to hear Juliette Binoche actually agreed to work with HHH before the production. You can see HHH's relationship with the Taiwanese puppet theatre. And casted the master of puppet theatre in many of his previous film. Go check it out, it's worth your time.