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Random Cinephile says...
7 years ago
Masterpiece movie, a quiet meditation on the meaning of life, passing of time, family drama, need for communication, life, death. A movie that flows so natural, it switches to each members of a middle-classed Taiwanese family, capturing the beauty of life, through the surprises they will encounter every day.
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2016moonlight says...
2 years ago
Yesterday was my grandma’s 90th birthday and we’re all celebrating it at lunch today. I had no idea what this movie was about but it somehow happened that after having it on my watchlist for months I finally watched it across these two days.

“We live three times as long since man invented movies,” might mean that we get to live other people’s lives through the images on screen, but I think what it actually means is that, through movies, we just learn to live our own life three times as intensely. Happy birthday, grandma :heart:
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soonertbone says...
one year ago
Mundane, but exquisite. Small, but epic. Breathtaking beauty throughout its run, with so many carefully drawn characters that felt so specific yet also universal. I loved the use of perspective-taking throughout, with hints of other universes peeking into the corners of every frame. Nearly perfect movie for me.
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Jay Shuai says...
one year ago
After the unbearable snoozefest that was A Brighter Summer’s Day i was hesitant about watching this. I was fully expecting another dull, bloated film.

How wrong I was. It’s a masterpiece. A quietly devastating work full of pathos.

It reminds me of the Henry David Thoreau quote - ‘the mass of men live lives of quiet desperation’. This is present in every scene.

Visually it’s not the most exciting, opting for a more subtle style. Some nice shots shot through windows where we cant see the characters talking because of the reflection of the city in the glass, giving us a ‘behind closed doors’ feel.

Fully deserving of all the praised heaped upon it.

Recommend it to anyone who has lived enough years to know that life is filled with suffering.

9/10
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