Millennium Mambo (Qianxi manbo)

i know that prop cigarette budget was crazy

clementine

I do not have a sufficient enough grasp on the human language to articulate just how enamored I am with the opening sequence of this film. And the ending. And the middle? This is hope strewn across the taipei landscape with words and snow and coins and the colour blue.…

Marcissus

she cannot hear the beating of her own heart over the pulsing music of the club. she is trapped in apartment spaces and to the rhythm of the groove: in a neon daydream if you will. there is no respite from others in our millennium world. (she is one with the night and…

kailey

Forgot this is about the perils of dating a DJ.

Nick Newman

telling the story of the past from a future that can't be seen

dselwyns

Yeah, my favorite intro of all time.

Hibiscus

have sat with this for a few days and am ready to say this is one of the best uses of electronic music in any movie ever

Karsten

The title suggests a dance and indeed Hou's film unravels much like one. Rather than adhering to chronology or traditional plot progression, Mill Mambo's scenes with their repetition and mirroring unfold like a series of graceful dance steps that collectively capture the…

charulata

Opening scene and the music were amazing, I’m sad I can’t say the same for much else about the movie. I felt like the movie is incomplete, I don’t feel like I watched a movie. I feel like there is nothing remotely interesting about these characters or the world the film…

Patrick