Inferior to THE BROWN BUNNY
I find this movie vastly inferior to Vincent Gallo's infamous semi-pornographic tale. This movie by Mr. Tsai is much more predictable, and goes out of its way to portray loneliness, while THE BROWN BUNNY provides a more natural account of similar subjects.
Tsai Ming Liang's vision here is really quite limited in my opinion. I prefer what I have seen from Hou Hsiao Hsien and Edward Yang (and to a much greater extent, my favorite auteurs Wong Kar Wai and Zhang Yimou).