MILLENNIUM MAMBO
Special Features: New 4K Restoration
[QIĀNXĪ MÀNBŌ] [千禧曼波]
A stylish and seductive submersion into the techno-scored neon nightlife of Taipei, Taiwanese New Wave master Hou Hsiao-hsien's much-misunderstood marvel stars Shu Qi (THE ASSASSIN) as Vicky, an aimless bar hostess drifting away from her blowhard boyfriend and toward suave, sensitive gangster Jack (Jack Kao). Structured as a flashback to the then-present from the then-future of 2011, it's a transfixing trance-out of a movie, drenched in club lights, ecstatic endorphin-rush exhilaration and a nagging undercurrent of ennui. (Note adapted from Kino Lorber.) DIR Hou Hsiao-hsien; SCR/PROD Chu Tien-wen; PROD Eric Heumann. Taiwan/France, 2001, color, 119 min. In Mandarin with English subtitles. RATED R
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Run Time: 119 Minutes
Opening Date: Friday, May 12, 2023
Genre: Romance drama