Today we discuss Hou Hsiao-hsien’s “A City of Sadness”, possibly his most defining film. Although some of its historical context was difficult to fully grasp for us, we still found it a beautiful film, particularly in how the patient and distant images work towards building the film’s strong but restrained emotions.


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[ENG] Unhealthy Love and Obsession in "Chilly Scenes of Winter" (1979) - Ep. 57

Three filmmakers, friends from the film school days, uncover the aesthetic and storytelling choices behind Art &amp; Popular films and how these reflect the authors’ deeper ideas on this thing of being human. Our round table debates offer the best balance between the in-depth and the informal.

Três cineastas, amigos dos tempos de escola de cinema, desvendam as escolhas estéticas e narrativas por trás de filmes Art &amp; Popular e como estas refletem as ideias mais profundas dos autores sobre essa coisa de ser humano. As nossas discussões oferecem o melhor equilíbrio entre o aprofundado e o informal.