Hou Hsiao-Hsien

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Hou Hsiao-Hsien




"Of the ten films that Hsiao-hsien Hou directed between 1980 and 1989, seven received best film or best director awards from prestigious international films festivals in Venice, Berlin, Hawaii, and the Festival of the Three Continents in Nantes. In a 1988 worldwide critics' poll, Hou was championed as "one of the three directors most crucial to the future of cinema."" - Quote from a source nonfiction found.


That quote definitely sparked my interest in checking out his work.


They're showing one of his movies on the Sundance channel this month, so I'll try to watch it and tell you what I think of it. nonfiction has been busy, but hopefully he'll provide more insight (and have less homework) soon.

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One of my favorite directors. IMO he's one of the greatest directors of the last 25 years. His style is so effective that their power tend to sneak up on you and overwhelm you in the end. The more I see from him the more impressed I am.

rough order of preference:

1. A City of Sadness
2. Flight of the Red Balloon
3. Dust in the Wind
4. Cafe Lumiere
5. Flowers of Shanghai
6. Three Times
7. The Boys From Fengkuei
8. Daughter of the Nile
9. A Time to Live and A Time to Die
10. Summer at Grandpa's
11. Millennium Mambo