Event

Dust in the Wind

Also Like Life: The Films of Hou Hsiao-hsien

Mar 21 - Mar 24

(1986, 110 min, 35mm)

Saturday, March 21 at Northwest Film Forum

Saturday, Mar 21 at 05:00PM

"Although the combination of lengthy shots and, in the early work, a relatively static camera has given Hou Hsiao-hsien an exaggerated reputation as a minimalist, his is above all a cinema of movement. The mobile train shot that begins Dust in the Wind, one of the key films of Taiwan's New Cinema, generates a visceral sensation of forward momentum while also looking back to the medium's nineteenth century origins. Hou vividly captures the confusion of young adulthood, but maintains a clear-eyed distance on the vicissitudes of ordinary lives by repeatedly returning to the landscape imagery of the opening shots. Based on the memories of screenwriter Wu Nien-jen, Dust in the Wind is both absorptive and reflective, encouraging viewers to continually refine their understanding of preceding scenes even when immersed in the unfolding present. Richard I. Suchenski"

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