Goodbye, Dragon Inn
New York Film Festival Essentials
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1h 22m
Directed by Tsai Ming-liang • Arthouse • 2017 • Taiwan • Mandarin with English subtitles
Starring Lee Kang-sheng, Chen Shiang-chyi, Mitamura Kiyonobu
In Tsai Ming-liang’s minimalist film, the Fu-Ho Grand, a movie palace in Taipei, is closing its doors. Its valedictory screening: King Hu’s 1967 wuxia epic “Dragon Inn” plays to a motley smattering of spectators, including two stars of Hu’s original opus, Miao Tien and Shih Chun, who watch their younger selves with tears in their eyes.
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