tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16398571.post114477392444104826..comments2023-10-30T11:57:26.749+01:00Comments on SCREENVILLE: The Wayward Cloud again (5)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16398571.post-43924918557702716862007-12-25T04:00:00.000+01:002007-12-25T04:00:00.000+01:00Matthew Wilder(Collider.com) : "Tsai Ming-liang's ...Matthew Wilder(Collider.com) : "Tsai Ming-liang's <B>The Wayward Cloud</B> is as wildly original as <B>Blue Velvet</B> or <B>Naked Lunch</B>. It's a Warholian verite psychodrama-cum-porno musical that's flooded--you should pardon the expression--with euphoria. It should play on as many screens as a cartoon about penguins or polar bears; it would fill audiences with a very similar joy."HarryTuttlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10721542203087536185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16398571.post-91523493378685512772007-12-25T03:55:00.000+01:002007-12-25T03:55:00.000+01:00Dan Sallitt on The Wayward Cloud :"Tsai Ming-Liang...<A HREF="http://www.panix.com/~sallitt/blog/" REL="nofollow">Dan Sallitt</A> on <B>The Wayward Cloud</B> :<BR/><BR/>"Tsai Ming-Liang frequently traffics in the grimmest subject matter, but, until 'The Wayward Cloud,' he had always done so while maintaining his unflappable, intrinsically humorous style of visual storytelling. That style ruptures spectacularly at the scandalous climax (ha) of 'HarryTuttlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10721542203087536185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16398571.post-1149362159371016032006-06-03T21:15:00.000+02:002006-06-03T21:15:00.000+02:00Brian Darr on The Wayward Cloud playing at SIFF.Brian Darr on <A HREF="http://hellonfriscobay.blogspot.com/2006/06/49th-sfiff-final-wrap-up.html" REL="nofollow">The Wayward Cloud</A> playing at SIFF.HarryTuttlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10721542203087536185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16398571.post-1148054936545331802006-05-19T18:08:00.000+02:002006-05-19T18:08:00.000+02:00A multinational circle of cinephiles from all corn...A multinational circle of cinephiles from all corners of the world would come handy. <BR/><BR/>What is your interpretation of the final scene?HarryTuttlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10721542203087536185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16398571.post-1148020412758950492006-05-19T08:33:00.000+02:002006-05-19T08:33:00.000+02:00I don't know. This is where a Taiwan-informed per...I don't know. This is where a Taiwan-informed perspective on the film would be useful. After seeing the first two screenings of the film at the festival, I tried to encourage a friend who once lived in Taipei to see the final screening, but it was sold out.Brian Darrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17693169310367670898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16398571.post-1147963259054645092006-05-18T16:40:00.000+02:002006-05-18T16:40:00.000+02:00Thanks a lot for visiting Brian. I'm glad these po...Thanks a lot for visiting Brian. I'm glad these posts aren't dead yet. I'm looking forward to your critique. Please come back and tell me what you thought of the film.<BR/><BR/>And thank you for the statue info and the link. I hadn't found out yet who he was. This probably demand some political interpretation of this musical number... Did Tsai evoke a popular public space, a famous statue or the HarryTuttlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10721542203087536185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16398571.post-1147937449325830862006-05-18T09:30:00.000+02:002006-05-18T09:30:00.000+02:00I finally watched this film (twice) a couple weeks...I finally watched this film (twice) a couple weeks ago at the SFIFF, and since it's one of the films there that most has haunted my thoughts, I thought I'd check out your writing on it, which I remembered girish pointing to before I'd seen the film.<BR/><BR/>What a wonderful wealth of analysis and information (including so many hefty links) you've gathered here! I've read some and merely scannedBrian Darrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17693169310367670898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16398571.post-1145228324535112612006-04-17T00:58:00.000+02:002006-04-17T00:58:00.000+02:00Hi Noel, you're much too kind. It's an honor if yo...Hi Noel, you're much too kind. It's an honor if you took the time to read and leave me some feedback. Thanks a lot.<BR/><BR/>I'm looking forward to read your critique of The Wayward Cloud! I hope you will like it as much as I did.HarryTuttlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10721542203087536185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16398571.post-1145161895645790612006-04-16T06:31:00.000+02:002006-04-16T06:31:00.000+02:00Hallo, Harry, intimidatingly erudite meditations o...Hallo, Harry, intimidatingly erudite meditations on the picture, which I haven't seen, but heard much good things about (I do like Tsai's work very much). Wanted to thank you for the link to my blog, and let you know I've put a link to yours as well...Noel Verahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05904212081036547668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16398571.post-1144881437244511862006-04-13T00:37:00.000+02:002006-04-13T00:37:00.000+02:00I didn't really disprove Fujiwara's potential fant...I didn't really disprove Fujiwara's potential fantasy layer (there are always links between dream and reality in the regular film treatment). It was blunt of me to flat out deny poetry licence in these scenes...<BR/><BR/>I was troubled too upon viewing, but after guessing a possible structure to make sense of the whole, each scene make more sense (to me) with hindsights, and look less random. <BRHarryTuttlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10721542203087536185noreply@blogger.com