Hello all. Today, I come to you with a piece of news that's at least a few weeks old, but has not been mentioned here yet. It concerns the most recent issue of the Toronto-based film journal CineAction, which is published three times a year and features different essays on particular subjects and themes that are chosen for each issue. This latest one, Issue #85, had "Slow Film" as one of its topics, which prompted me to plan out and submit an essay on one of my favorite filmmakers, Tsai Ming-Liang. The finished result, entitled Slow Fuse: The Cinematic Strategies of Tsai Ming-Liang, can now be read in this latest issue and specifically focuses on the story structures of The Hole (1998), What Time Is It There (2001) and I Don't Want To Sleep Alone (2006).
The journal should be out on newsstands for the remainder of 2011 - here is its table of contents. If you're interested or a fan of the filmmaker, please check it out if you can!
Also remember that I will be appearing on the VCinema Podcast to talk about Tsai's 2003 film Goodbye, Dragon Inn sometime in the coming months.
P.S. Happy (Canadian) Thanksgiving!
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Bravo sir! Man, that's quite the resume you are building...
I've only seen one of Tsai's films "Good Bye, Dragon Inn". I'll admit that it bored the heck out of me, but I don't think I really had the proper context for the film. "The Hole" has certainly been on my list for awhile, so I'll get to it at some point...
Many thanks, Bob! Funny you mention that - in the essay, I actually say that Goodbye, Dragon Inn is something of an odd-film-out for Tsai, as it's easily the most minimal one in his body of work. There's a lot more to sink your teeth into in his other films - which is part of the reason why I love him so. Do give some of his other ones a chance. Both The Hole and What Time is it There? are pretty good places to start with.
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