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With: Hsiang Hsi, Kuei-Ying Hsu, Annie Shizuka Inoh, Jack Kao, Ming Kao, Ming Lei, Vicky Wei
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Written by: Chu T'ien-wen, based on a story by Jack Kao, Jieh-Wen King
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Directed by: Hou Hsiao-hsien
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MPAA Rating: Unrated
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Language: Mandarin & Hokkien with English subtitles
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Running Time: 112
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Date: 05/01/1996
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Goodbye South, Goodbye (1996)
Going 'South'
By Jeffrey M. Anderson The third in a series of Hou Hsiao-hsien masterworks to be released to DVD, Goodbye South, Goodbye is just as essential as the previous two: The Puppetmaster and Flowers of Shanghai. Director Hou moves away from those previous period pieces and takes a more contemporary look at three lost Taiwan youths named Gao, Flatty (short for Flat Head) and Pretzel, stuck between petty crimes, boredom, corruption, suicide, encroaching American and Japanese culture (Coke and cellphones), and the wandering, wandering days. Hou intersperses his still, observant camera shots with exhilarating traveling shots, down both mountain and city roads. If you've never seen a Hou film, this is a good place to start.
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