Synopsis
On a dark and rainy night, a historic and regal Taipei cinema sees its final film: 1967 martial arts feature "Dragon Inn". As the film plays, the lives of the theater's various employees and patrons intersect, and two ghostly actors arrive to mourn the passing of an era.
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Cast
- Lee Kang-shengProjectionist
- Chen Shiang-ChyiTicket Woman
- Kiyonobu MitamuraJapanese Tourist
- Miao TianSelf
- Shih ChunSelf
- Chen Chao-jungSelf
- Yang Kuei-MeiPeanut Eating Woman
Recommendations
- 100
Christian Science Monitor
This is a funny, sad, stunningly smart movie about the end of movies, made in Tsai's inimitable, unblinking style. No movie lover should miss it. - 90
Chicago Reader
For all its minimalism, Tsai Ming-liang's 81-minute masterpiece manages to be many things at once. - 90
Village Voice
A movie of elegant understatement and considerable formal intelligence. - 90
The New York Times
Has a quiet, cumulative magic, whose source is hard to identify. Its simple, meticulously composed frames are full of mystery and feeling; it's an action movie that stands perfectly still. - 88
New York Daily News
A droll gem that celebrates movie love with feeling and deadpan humor. - 80
The A.V. Club
It could all be done much more efficiently, but any other approach would lose Tsai's unique mix of stone-faced comedy and dewy-eyed lyricism. - 75
New York Post
A loving tribute to cinema by Tsai Ming-liang, one of Taiwan's most accomplished and popular directors. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
An elegy for the days when Taiwan was a major East Asian film production center.
