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Goodbye South, Goodbye

Play trailer Poster for Goodbye South, Goodbye Released Sep 6, 1996 1h 56m Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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Suicide, failed scams and violent retaliation surround a group of Asian hoodlums whose luck takes a turn for the worse.

Critics Reviews

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Nick Schager Lessons of Darkness Hou brilliantly evokes the isolation of a generation hopelessly cut off from its past. Rated: A- May 3, 2005 Full Review Susan Sontag Artforum As amazing as [Hou Hsiao-hsien's] stately, subtle, beautiful Flowers of Shanghai. May 2, 2024 Full Review Panos Kotzathanasis Asian Movie Pulse Although the individual cinematic approaches are rather good when seen in standalone fashion, the same does not apply to the film as a whole, which occasionally looks like two different directors shot it Rated: 6.5 Mar 31, 2024 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 5/5 Jun 14, 2005 Full Review Jeremy Heilman MovieMartyr.com What's most impressive about Goodbye South Goodbye is the way in which the film seems so completely disenchanted with the antics of its protagonists. Rated: 3.5/4 Apr 1, 2002 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Another slow moving but electrically penetrating film by one of the world's best directors, Hou Hsiao-hsien. Rated: B- Oct 24, 2001 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Фильм наиболее ярко характеризующий, дух ушедшей эпохи последнего десятилетия XX века, не только в Азии, Восточной европе, Латинской америке, США... На мой взгляд, эта картина является не типичной с точки режиссёрского стиля Хоу Сяосяня, в той же степени сколько и типичной! Лишь, из-за удавшейся тайваньскому мастеру демонстрации "бьения пульса", с помощью новаторских кинематографических приёмов, при этом не теряя медитативных свойств фильма, проявляющихся сквозь вызванную у зрителя эмпатии, возникающей в ходе запечатления созерцательности. Эпохальность ленты, проявлена в образе мышления героев, находящихся на обочине общества, в том числе из-за специфики собственного темперамента, но при этом стремятся к лучшему, попутно ведя активную ночную жизнь. Оное продемонстрировано в " Прощай юг, прощай" фрагментарно из сцен жизни: ночной, гангстерской; и созерцательных кинореприз местных красот, сопровождающихся блестящей операторской работой. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member A fantastic ride. For the story and its telling, Hou continues to be elliptical in plot and characters. Impressions of the film will come in pieces, parts, fits, and starts. The journey and the mood leave fuzzily outlined impressions on the viewer. And it's marvelous. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Illuminated Taiwan and its urban underclass, mingling, scheming, struggling, scamming. Long, continuous takes add a beautiful rhythm to the film, one of Hou Hsiao-Hsien's best. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review Audience Member oops. reviewed the wrong one! Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/26/23 Full Review Audience Member Working with a contemporary setting and Taiwan's discontented youth scene allows Hou to flirt with popular gangster movie tropes as well as including the modern sound of Lim Giongs electronic music. In Goodbye South Goodbye, Hou not merely passively observes the events, but also makes sure to involve the viewer through the use of mobile, at times even subjective, camera. Although aesthetically a step forward, Hou still seems preoccupied with time-bound stages of experience, carefully mapping out the differences between now and then. Hou regular Jack Kao, who also co-wrote the script, is in great form here as big brother with increasingly less authority. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/29/23 Full Review Audience Member (*** 1/2): [img]http://images.rottentomatoes.com/images/user/icons/icon14.gif[/img] Interesting throughout. Another winner from Hou Hsiao-Hsien. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/18/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Suicide, failed scams and violent retaliation surround a group of Asian hoodlums whose luck takes a turn for the worse.
Director
Hsiao-hsien Hou
Producer
Ben Hsieh, Chong Huang, Shozo Ichiyama, Jieh-Wen King, Katsuhiro Mizuno, Kazuyoshi Okuyama
Screenwriter
T'ien-wen Chu, Jack Kao, Jieh-Wen King
Production Co
3H Films, Shochiku Co. Ltd.
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Chinese
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 6, 1996, Original
Runtime
1h 56m
Sound Mix
Stereo, Surround