list http://www.spout.com/ Recent community activity around What Time is it There? on Spout Copyright 2005-9 Spout, LLC Spout RSS http://www.spout.com/images/SpoutLogoRSS.jpg http://www.spout.com/ 136 30 http://www.spout.com/films/What_Time_is_it_There/192636/default.aspx Title: What Time is it There?
Year: 2001
Director: Tsai Ming-Liang
Plot: Master Taiwanese filmmaker Tsai Ming-Liang directs this look at three people looking for human connection. Hsiao-kang (Tsai regular Lee Kang-sheng) is a young man who sells watches from a briefcase in front of Taipei's train station. When his father (Mio Tien) suddenly dies at the beginning of the film, it sends Hsiao-kang and his mother, Lu, on two radically different trajectories. His grieving mother becomes obsessed with the return of her dead husband's spirit. Hsiao-kang starts to urinate into plastic bags and bottles rather than risk bumping into his father's ghost in the middle of the night. Around that same time, Hsiao-kang encounters an aggressive, though beautiful, lass named Shiang-chyi (Chen Shiang-chyi) who is travelling in a couple of days to Paris. Entranced by the girl, he reluctantly sells her his own watch even though he believes that item has some connection to his father. The encounter leaves with Hsiao-kang with a fixation that Paris is in another time. Soon, he is changing each and every clock he can find back seven hours to Parisian time, forging an obscure connection to Shiang-chyi. Shiang-chyi herself finds Paris to be little different from Taipei in terms of alienation and isolation. Though she has run ins with several people, including an irate Frenchman in the middle of a lover's tiff and none other than Jean-Pierre Leaud in a cemetery, she only finds some comfort when she meets a woman from Hong Kong (Cecila Yip) who generously shares her hotel room with her. This film was screened at the 2001 Toronto Film Festival. ~ Jonathan Crow, All Movie Guide
Times Tagged: 7
Number of Lists: 7
Number of blog posts: 1
SpoutRating: 4
]]>Wed, 13 May 2009 03:17:50 GMTWhat Time is it There?2001Tsai Ming-LiangMaster Taiwanese filmmaker <a href="/players/P___194191/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Tsai Ming-Liang</a> directs this look at three people looking for human connection. Hsiao-kang (Tsai regular Lee Kang-sheng) is a young man who sells watches from a briefcase in front of Taipei's train station. When his father (Mio Tien) suddenly dies at the beginning of the film, it sends Hsiao-kang and his mother, Lu, on two radically different trajectories. His grieving mother becomes obsessed with the return of her dead husband's spirit. Hsiao-kang starts to urinate into plastic bags and bottles rather than risk bumping into his father's ghost in the middle of the night. Around that same time, Hsiao-kang encounters an aggressive, though beautiful, lass named Shiang-chyi (Chen Shiang-chyi) who is travelling in a couple of days to Paris. Entranced by the girl, he reluctantly sells her his own watch even though he believes that item has some connection to his father. The encounter leaves with Hsiao-kang with a fixation that Paris is in another time. Soon, he is changing each and every clock he can find back seven hours to Parisian time, forging an obscure connection to Shiang-chyi. Shiang-chyi herself finds Paris to be little different from Taipei in terms of alienation and isolation. Though she has run ins with several people, including an irate Frenchman in the middle of a lover's tiff and none other than Jean-Pierre Leaud in a cemetery, she only finds some comfort when she meets a woman from Hong Kong (Cecila Yip) who generously shares her hotel room with her. This film was screened at the 2001 Toronto Film Festival. ~ Jonathan Crow, All Movie Guide7Taggedy Taggged (6-10)714http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t22071chwi0.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/What_Time_is_it_There/192636/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/groups/Movie_Polls/Which_of_these_movies_directed_by_Tsai_Ming_liang/657/44131/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: Risselada
Post To: Movie Polls
Post Date: 10/6/2009 12:13:02 PM
Body: Please reference this thread for the rules of this group. This may be a lesser known director for people not as interested in foreign cinema. But hopefully some of you have seen at least one or a couple of his films. Tsai Ming-liang is one of my favorite film directors working today, and I would encourage you to check out his stuff and see what you think if you haven't before. Please vote only once in each poll. Movies referenced in this poll:Visage (Face)Bu san (Goodbye, Dragon Inn)Dong (The Hole)Hei yan quan (I Don't Want to Sleep Alone)Qing shao nian nuo zha (Rebels of the Neon God)He liu (The River)Ai qing wan sui (Vive L'Amour)Tian bian yi duo yun (The Wayward Cloud)Ni na bian ji dian (What Time Is It Over There?)
]]>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:13:02 GMTRisseladaMovie Polls10/6/2009 12:13:02 PMPlease reference this thread for the rules of this group. This may be a lesser known director for people not as interested in foreign cinema. But hopefully some of you have seen at least one or a couple of his films. Tsai Ming-liang is one of my favorite film directors working today, and I would encourage you to check out his stuff and see what you think if you haven't before. Please vote only once in each poll. Movies referenced in this poll:Visage (Face)Bu san (Goodbye, Dragon Inn)Dong (The Hole)Hei yan quan (I Don't Want to Sleep Alone)Qing shao nian nuo zha (Rebels of the Neon God)He liu (The River)Ai qing wan sui (Vive L'Amour)Tian bian yi duo yun (The Wayward Cloud)Ni na bian ji dian (What Time Is It Over There?) http://www.spout.com/blogs/chesterfilms/archive/2007/7/8/13404.aspx Post By: chesterfilms
Post To: chesterfilms Blog
Post Date: 7/8/2007 4:34:30 AM
Body: I can appreciate movies that take their time. I'm always up for a movie that is slow moving & meditative to make it's points. This film is about loneliness and it shows normal boring everyday life. It is a very good looking film with great color & composition. Great direction and performances, but it's painfully slow. It wasn't enjoyable to me at all. It's defiantly not a worthless film, and I can honestly see why some people dig it but I just can't get into it. I was looking forward to my introduction to Ming-liang Tsai. Hopefully I will get into his other stuff. I hate it when a film is praised by everyone and I end up not getting it. It just makes me feel dumb!
]]>Sun, 08 Jul 2007 08:34:30 GMTchesterfilmschesterfilms Blog7/8/2007 4:34:30 AMI can appreciate movies that take their time. I'm always up for a movie that is slow moving &amp; meditative to make it's points. This film is about loneliness and it shows normal boring everyday life. It is a very good looking film with great color &amp; composition. Great direction and performances, but it's painfully slow. It wasn't enjoyable to me at all. It's defiantly not a worthless film, and I can honestly see why some people dig it but I just can't get into it. I was looking forward to my introduction to Ming-liang Tsai. Hopefully I will get into his other stuff. I hate it when a film is praised by everyone and I end up not getting it. It just makes me feel dumb! http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/death/MemberTagFilms.aspxdeath
Number of films tagged: 4306

Number of people who tagged: 140

Number of times used: 526

]]>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:27:13 GMT4306140526Tag http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/drama/MemberTagFilms.aspxdrama
Number of films tagged: 527

Number of people who tagged: 102

Number of times used: 627

]]>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:01:29 GMT527102627Tag http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/time/MemberTagFilms.aspxtime
Number of films tagged: 310

Number of people who tagged: 79

Number of times used: 101

]]>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:27:45 GMT31079101Tag http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/mother/MemberTagFilms.aspxmother
Number of films tagged: 2522

Number of people who tagged: 53

Number of times used: 152

]]>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:51:56 GMT252253152Tag http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/isolation/MemberTagFilms.aspxisolation
Number of films tagged: 164

Number of people who tagged: 38

Number of times used: 58

]]>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 06:40:30 GMT1643858Tag http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/loneliness/MemberTagFilms.aspxloneliness
Number of films tagged: 416

Number of people who tagged: 33

Number of times used: 68

]]>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:01:02 GMT4163368Tag http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/grief/MemberTagFilms.aspxgrief
Number of films tagged: 539

Number of people who tagged: 20

Number of times used: 32

]]>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:02:59 GMT5392032Tag http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/clock/MemberTagFilms.aspxclock
Number of films tagged: 39

Number of people who tagged: 8

Number of times used: 10

]]>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 17:52:06 GMT39810Tag http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/parisian/MemberTagFilms.aspxparisian
Number of films tagged: 107

Number of people who tagged: 4

Number of times used: 4

]]>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:01:24 GMT10744Tag http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/salesperson/MemberTagFilms.aspxsalesperson
Number of films tagged: 280

Number of people who tagged: 3

Number of times used: 4

]]>Fri, 15 May 2009 13:02:12 GMT28034Tag http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/Paris-time/MemberTagFilms.aspxParis-time
Number of films tagged: 1

Number of people who tagged: 1

Number of times used: 1

]]>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 22:25:23 GMT111Tag http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/The-400-Blows/MemberTagFilms.aspxThe-400-Blows
Number of films tagged: 1

Number of people who tagged: 1

Number of times used: 1

]]>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 22:23:52 GMT111Tag http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/urinating-into-plastic-bags/MemberTagFilms.aspxurinating-into-plastic-bags
Number of films tagged: 1

Number of people who tagged: 1

Number of times used: 1

]]>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 22:25:14 GMT111Tag