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Millennium Mambo
Winner of the Grand Prix Technique at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival, Hou Hsiao Hsien`s MILLENNIUM MAMBO is a strikingly beautiful film set in Taipei`s hot nightclub scene. The remarkable Shu Qi stars as Vicky, a lost soul who hangs out partying with ... Winner of the Grand Prix Technique at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival, Hou Hsiao Hsien`s MILLENNIUM MAMBO is a strikingly beautiful film set in Taipei`s hot nightclub scene. The remarkable Shu Qi stars as Vicky, a lost soul who hangs out partying with her friends, smoking nonstop, and dancing and flirting. She lives with Hao-Hao (Tuan Chun-hao), but he doesn`t seem to excite her anymore, so she starts seeing an older gangster, Jack (Jack Kao), although the depth of the relationship is left purposely ambiguous. Although Vicky wants to be a free spirit, she is battling demons that cast dark shadows over her somewhat meaningless existence. One of the world`s greatest filmmakers, Hou Hsiao Hsien (FLOWERS OF SHANGHAI, THE PUPPETMASTER) has made a daring film that, despite lacking a central plot or mainstream linear narrative, is absolutely mesmerizing; Mark Lee Ping-Bing`s cinematography is stunning, using a neon palette to create a mysterious aura over the entire movie. The thumping techno soundtrack adds to the overall feeling of ennui. But this is Shu Qi`s film all the way; it`s impossible for viewers to take their eyes off her as she wanders in slow motion across a walkway or pushes her face gently into the snow. Hsiao Hsien envisions MILLENNIUM MAMBO as the first part of a trilogy examining modern Chinese culture.
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