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      Dust in the Wind

      1987 1 hr. 49 min. Drama List
      100% 5 Reviews Tomatometer 88% 250+ Ratings Audience Score In Taiwan, teenage lovers Wan (Wang Jingwen) and Huen (Xin Shufen) find life in their remote mining town unbearable. So, against their families' wishes, they quit school and emigrate to Taipei to find jobs. But, lacking education, neither can find anything more than menial employment. Though they experience some joy during nights spent with friends, city life proves very bleak for the young lovers. Then, when Wan is drafted into the military, they must struggle to keep their love alive. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member Одна из самых лучших лент Хоу Сяосяня! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Watching "Dust in the wind" is like experiencing life in a place and time most of us wouldn't want to be in. It thoroughly observes what it meant to be in love while growing up in a small mountain town (Jio-fen) in Taiwan. The provincial environment grows so much on you that after the end I had to go out for a walk to shake me out of the stuck up feeling the film induced in me. It works like a powerful drug - calming at first but slowly starts making you feel restless once it takes control... Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/26/23 Full Review Audience Member (****): Thumbs Up A well-acted and intriguing film. Another great film from Hou Hsiao-Hsien film. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/18/23 Full Review Audience Member [center][font=Times New Roman][size=4][color=white][img]http://www.xialala.com/images/upload/2007/05/25/232458.jpg[/img][/color][/size][/font][/center] [font=Times New Roman][size=4][color=white]Summary (from IMDB): Ying and Huen are both from the small mining town of Jio-fen. In the city, Ying is an apprentice by day and goes to night school, and Huen works as a helper at a tailors. Everyone thinks they are meant for each other, so do they. They fail to see time and fate are beyond their control.[/color][/size][/font] [center][img]http://bp0.blogger.com/_3mCOm4wxK3M/R6oIROTsrUI/AAAAAAAAAFY/4uANVAzaDYM/s320/dust.jpg[/img][/center] [font=Times New Roman][size=4][color=white]What a great movie. Everything from the amazing opening sequence to the subtle finish is just about perfect. Hou does almost everything I loved about the first third of Three Times here. Yet, obviously, it's sustained throughout the entire movie. Let me start by saying that Hou and cinematographer Pin Bing Lee (hopefully I didn't screw that up) make trains and tunnels look about as fascinating as I've ever seen them here. [img]http://ymdb.forumcircle.com/forumdata/data41/ymdb/images/smiles/th_notworthy.gif[/img] Anywho, the relationship between the two main characters felt unbelievably real, as did their relationships with other characters, such as family. In some ways, this movie seemed like everything Atonement wanted to be story-wise, only this was done much better character-wise.[/color][/size][/font] Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Audience Member This excellent flick now has a blu-ray: http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film3/blu-ray_reviews52/dust_in_the_wind_blu-ray.htm Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/26/23 Full Review Audience Member Filmed from a detached point of view observing the characters, and without much movement of the camera. Dust in the Wind is quiet, meditative, and beautiful. Fate can derail our plans and beat us down, but there's also warmth here and there from the people we encounter. Our strength ultimately comes from our root, our family. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Nick Schager Lessons of Darkness Anguishing. Rated: B+ May 3, 2005 Full Review Panos Kotzathanasis Asian Movie Pulse Masterpieces in cinema come when artistic value is combined with meaningful stories and entertainment, and one could easily conclude that “Dust in the Wind” belongs to this category Rated: 8 Mar 31, 2024 Full Review Fernando F. Croce CinePassion Luminous Feb 5, 2010 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 3/5 Jul 2, 2005 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews The film is never able to be as moving as it is insightful. Rated: B- Mar 12, 2004 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis In Taiwan, teenage lovers Wan (Wang Jingwen) and Huen (Xin Shufen) find life in their remote mining town unbearable. So, against their families' wishes, they quit school and emigrate to Taipei to find jobs. But, lacking education, neither can find anything more than menial employment. Though they experience some joy during nights spent with friends, city life proves very bleak for the young lovers. Then, when Wan is drafted into the military, they must struggle to keep their love alive.
      Director
      Hsiao-hsien Hou
      Screenwriter
      T'ien-wen Chu, Nien-Jen Wu
      Production Co
      Central Motion Pictures Corporation
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      Chinese
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Feb 1, 2017