Tsai Ming-Liang: Temporal Landscapes, Scene I (CTBA) + Q&A
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Thu 6 Nov
A collection of short films presented as part of Asia Triennial Manchester’s Temporal Landscapes programme, celebrating award-winning director Tsai Ming-Liang.
Films in this programme:
It’s a Dream (2007) - Shot in an abandoned cinema in Malaysia, Tsai Ming-Liang's home country, It's a Dream evokes the filmmaker’s earliest encounters with cinema and recalls the golden age of Asian film culture.
Madame Butterfly (2008) - Baozhu, a middle-aged woman from a small town, travels to Kuala Lumpur for a secret date with a man. The next morning, he disappears, leaving her with a large unpaid hotel bill.
No Form (2012) - Set in Taipei, No Form follows the Tang Dynasty monk Xuanzang, as he slowly moves past the Ay-Chung Rice-Flour Noodle shop through the crowds of Shilin Night Market and into a stark white space.
The Night (2021) - In 2019, on a night after the Umbrella Movement, the landscape of everyday life in Hong Kong was no longer the same. Wandering through the streets of Causeway Bay, Tsai Ming-Liang captured the city’s rhythms and ambience, along with the quiet presence of an overpass.
This event will begin at the advertised time with no ads or trailers.
