Goodbye, Dragon Inn
Drama
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2003
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On a dark, wet night in Taipei City, a cavernous old picture palace is about to close its doors forever. A meager audience, the remaining few staff, and perhaps even a ghost or two, watch King Hu’s wuxia classic "Dragon Inn", each haunted by memories and desires evoked by cinema itself.
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Runtime:
82 min
Release date:
12 Dec 2003
Country:
TW
Languages:
Chinese, Japanese
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
13 wins & 11 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
This elegiac 2003 comedy, by the Taiwanese director Tsai Ming-liang, is a requiem for a movie theatre.
– Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
2 Jun 2014
fresh:
A weird, funny, melancholy tribute to movies and movie-going, an opus for film geeks that rang my personal bell.
– Michael Wilmington,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Jan 2005
fresh:
Idiosyncratic, oddball movie that is both funny and moody.
– G. Allen Johnson,
San Francisco Chronicle,
17 Dec 2004
fresh:
This is one of the most gorgeous and maturely composed movies you'll see this year.
– Wesley Morris,
Boston Globe,
29 Oct 2004
rotten:
Tsai is hugely popular with film critics, I believe, in part because film critics actually have something to do while watching his films. While the girl is limping down the hallway, we can take notes. Regular theatergoers? They can only watch helplessly.
– Erik Lundegaard,
Seattle Times,
15 Oct 2004