Days Passed (Michelle Cho)

 

Video Essay: "Days Passed" | Lee Kang-Sheng Through the Eyes of Tsai Ming-Liang (YouTube) 3'22"
(MUBI) 20 Nov 2020

"Days Passed: Lee Kang-Sheng Through the Eyes of Tsai Ming-Liang" by Michelle Cho 

A video essay exploring the fragile passage of time through the shifting textures of Lee Kang-Sheng's face in the films of Tsai Ming-Liang. 

A double bill focused on Tsai Ming-liang and Lee Kang-sheng is currently showing on MUBI US: https://mubi.com/specials/tsai-lee 

"Presented in this double bill are two of the duo’s early standouts, Vive L’amour and The River. Vive L’amour is is a three-fold tale of urban alienation in the vein of Antonioni, steeped in an eroticism that is led by Lee’s sense of quiet longing. The River sees the actor apply his deadpan style to Tsai’s bleak and metaphysical vision of the nuclear family. Made immediately after their joint debut feature, Rebels of the Neon God, these two films are cornerstones of one of the most influential and deeply moving partnerships in international cinema."