US Release - Tian bian yi duo yun (2005) Discussion

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[–] Jasik 18 years ago

Stop hating. This movie's great. What a wonderful pace, really low-key, wonderful scenes. Hilarious and inventive musical numbers. Tsing Ming-Liang is a totally amazing director. He gets more out of a scene with a still camera and no dialogue than any American director with tons of dialogue and cuts. Stop expecting film to be like TV, your distraction. This is about images and emotions. So stop hating.

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[–] JoeLon 18 years ago

If you want it, buy an all region DVD player. The Taiwan release (Region 3) has excellent English subs. I hope you're a huge fan of Tsai Ming-Liang, as that's what you need to be to enjoy this film.

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[–] PTA-fan 18 years ago

I bought the DVD from yesasia.com. it has a fine transfer. anasamas is an idiot who spends all his time trolling around this message board.

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[–] Dreway 18 years ago

ROFL LMAO

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[–] Eva_Yojimbo 16 years ago

he Taiwan release (Region 3) has excellent English subs.

Anyone know if it's available for download online? Normally, I buy or rent all my films, but it's kinda hard when they haven't been released here and you don't have a multi region DVD player.

Last Films Seen:
The Caine Mutiny 7.5/10
The Conformist 9.5/10
Lady Vengeance 8.5/10

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[–] LuciaJoyce 18 years ago

superhappyfun.com has a region 0, NTSC release.

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[–] ajy1 17 years ago

I read somewhere that IFC Films has the rights and will release it...date TBD.

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[–] ajy1 17 years ago

And now the release date is announced: Feb. 23 in limited release (at Anthology Film Archives in NYC):

http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/schedule/

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[–] Shadow1517 17 years ago

hopefully a dvd

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[–] oilgun 17 years ago

And now the release date is announced: Feb. 23 in limited release

Evidently the release has been delayed. I tried ordering it from YesAsia.com but it's not available at the moment. Anyway I got tired of waiting so I went to Chinatown and bought a very good quality bootleg for $4. (It's apparently a good seller, the clerk knew the title and thought it might be sold out.)

Although Tsai's films do have a limited audience, all his other films have gotten DVD releases in North America, this is the only one that hasn't. The reason for that is possibly because it was not well received at the '05 Toronto Film Festival, which surprised me when I read that because Tsai is one of the darlings of the TIFF. Is it because its focus is sex? Is it because it was perceived as mysoginistic or is because it seems to be making a moralistic anti-pornography statement?

I thought it was one of his most audacious films and I love it for that.

The Messiah Is Not Coming...and He's Not Even Going to Call! - Israeli hit tune in 2001

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[–] diceman89 16 years ago

Any new information on this?

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