Leaned forward like it was an action or thriller film, but really my body was just instinctively trying to devour everything on screen. Yang is an unfathomable genius and philosopher on the act and fact of living. He pierces through the veil of our existence and confronts us with muted violence. I felt all his criticisms and disillusionment as much as I did his optimism and faith in change.
太好看了！楊德昌是活著的哲學家 (ˊo̴̶̷̤ ᴗ o̴̶̷̤ˋ)
「最容易逃避責任的方法就是假裝自己跟大家一樣。」
「當我們每天不斷地對真理有新的發現時，活著才有意思啊。」
Intro by Laura Mulvey:
“Oppression can often be deemed nonexistent because it is silent. So often, we can only grasp the silence at the moment it is broken. In this film Akerman succeeded in grasping that silence.”
“A kind of musical beat with disastrous variations. They acquire value through real time.”
Watch it like a strict historical biopic and you’d be disappointed. Watch it as a historic figure’s non-singular experience and you might find something more to love.
I personally loved the ephemeral feelings the soundtrack inspires and the conflicting sadness that is always looming about.
