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<blockquote data-quote="TooFineAPoint" data-source="post: 46136" data-attributes="member: 8507">Great film!Captures memories of time and place in an indelible way. Even though it was made by an old Taiwanese man, I imagine this is very close to what a sexy young girl&#039;s emotions are like. Basically this movie is watching her walk around. There is something intoxicating about it. I am very hazy on the details, but I think I remember a sequence where she goes to Japan in the winter. I think if a dude wanted to put himself in the shoes of a young babe&#039;s lifestyle (constant attention, emotions, drama, invited to cool places, going to visit &quot;friends&quot; every which where, constant stimulation) this would be a good movie to start with. There is that inkling that something, somewhere, is not quite right. That time is running short. That everything is fleeting.But it&#039;s just slithering in the undercurrent. Hou Hsiao-Hsien is a great director. The movie he made before this one, Flowers Of Shanghai, is a masterpiece. But you must be prepared to deal with a snail&#039;s pace. It&#039;s about brothels in 19th century Shanghai.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TooFineAPoint, post: 46136, member: 8507"] Great film! Captures memories of time and place in an indelible way. Even though it was made by an old Taiwanese man, I imagine this is very close to what a sexy young girl's emotions are like. Basically this movie is watching her walk around. There is something intoxicating about it. I am very hazy on the details, but I think I remember a sequence where she goes to Japan in the winter. I think if a dude wanted to put himself in the shoes of a young babe's lifestyle (constant attention, emotions, drama, invited to cool places, going to visit "friends" every which where, constant stimulation) this would be a good movie to start with. There is that inkling that something, somewhere, is not quite right. That time is running short. That everything is fleeting. But it's just slithering in the undercurrent. Hou Hsiao-Hsien is a great director. The movie he made before this one, Flowers Of Shanghai, is a masterpiece. But you must be prepared to deal with a snail's pace. It's about brothels in 19th century Shanghai. [/QUOTE]

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