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JOURNEY TO THE WEST
Xi You
Synopsis
Xi You represents another edition of the director’s series of short films that expand Lee Kang-sheng’s thirty minute slow walking performance at Taipei’s National Theatre into a ‘slow walking expedition’.
Synopsis
Xi You represents another edition of the director’s series of short films that expand Lee Kang-sheng’s thirty minute slow walking performance at Taipei’s National Theatre into a ‘slow walking expedition’.
Our take
This micro-feature by master Tsai Ming-liang is a minimalist study of living in our modern world told through performance art. His beloved actor-collaborator Lee Kang-sheng’s immersion into the role of a slow-moving monk offers a revelatory experience in time, motion, landscape, and the body.