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Millennium Mambo
The youthful Vicky is torn between two men, Hao-Hao and Jack. At night she works as a PR person at a night club to support both of them. Hao-Hao keeps vigilance over her all the time, no matter she is on or off the job. He checks her charge accounts, telephone bills, mobile phone records, and even her body odor in an attempt to trace Vicky’s activities. She cannot stand him any longer; she runs away.
| Release : | 2003 |
| Rating : | 7 |
| Studio : | Paradis Films, Orly Films, Sino Movie, |
| Crew : | Art Direction, Production Design, |
| Cast : | Shu Qi Jack Kao Duan Chun-hao Doze Niu Cheng-Tse Rio Peng |
| Genre : | Drama Romance |
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Such a frustrating disappointment
Load of rubbish!!
If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.
The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one
I don't get Hou Hsiao-hsien. I saw Goodbye South and rated it a 1. Each film (this and Goodbye) features aimless idiots in a monotonous "slice of life." They're not just lowlifes. They're lowlifes that offer no insight. They are boring in their self-indulgent childishness. The women seem to be these pretty (or breathlessly gorgeous in Qi Shu's case) innocents who stick by men who are bad for them. It's really not entertaining to watch morons do nothing. Awful.I gave this a 3 only because of Qi Shu and the background music.I'm curious to watch Flowers of Shanghai. Or maybe I should only watch a film of Hou's from 1980-1989. The person who wrote his mini-bio on IMDb says he won seven awards out of his ten films during that period. Bribery?
The opening scene in which Vicky runs in slow motion accompanied by some fine techno music is amazing. This scene haunts me to the present day (and I've seen the film in 2001) and is in my opinion just visually/technically stunning. Also the colours which Hou Hsiao-hsien captures are amazing, eye candy. I've seen the Film at a film festival and liked it a lot. It may seem boring to some people because there seems to be no real given story (with twists and turns to be expected). But the slow development of the story depicts real life and pulls one deeper into the movie.Also I wanted to note that the film is also known as "chie shi manpo" - millennium mambo.
'Millennium Mambo' is a surreal, enigmatic film exploring the developments in the life of Vicky. Vicky is young woman who struggles to end her miserable relationship with her abusive boyfriend Hao-Hao, who she's lived with since her teenage years.I'm left wondering whether there are hidden meanings to this film that are above my head, or whether there is actually all that much substance there in the beginning.It all managed to be fairly entrancing however, thanks to the magnetic performance of Shu Qi, who proved she is much more then just an extraordinarily beautiful face and figure.She effortlessly keeps the viewer's attention during endlessly long takes where not a lot appears to be happening.
This is a film you really do not want to see, for the film hasn't got a story. You won't mind for an hour or 70 minutes, but then the film will start to drive you mad. You'll be asking yourself: 'What's the point?' 'When will it end?' and more questions like that. You see the problem with this film is not that it is bad, but the problem is that it could have been much shorter. Yet the director decided to make it drag on forever and ever and ever and ...! Every single scene seems to be not only a bit, but much too long. A great example of that is the ending scene (if you stay long enough to see it). I knew already that the film was over, but it took ages for the film to actually end. 4 out of 10
