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The Hole (1998)
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Reviews Counted:10
Fresh:8
Rotten:2
Average Rating:7.1/10
Runtime: 1 hr 35 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Part of the 2000 SEEN BY... series in which six directors filmed their vision of the night of December 31, 1999, Tsai Ming-Liang's film follows the activities of the two lone inhabitants, a man and... Part of the 2000 SEEN BY... series in which six directors filmed their vision of the night of December 31, 1999, Tsai Ming-Liang's film follows the activities of the two lone inhabitants, a man and a woman, of a dilapidated apartment building during the last week of 1999. The two are holing themselves in against the bizarre "cockroach virus," an epidemic that is causing the citizens of Taipei to behave like cockroaches. The two find their separate ways to pass the time, she by lip-synching to classic Hong Kong musicals and he by getting drunk. When a hole opens up in the man's floor, he and the woman are forced into contact with each other. [More]
Starring: Yang Kuei-Mei, Lee Kang-Sheng, Tien Miao
Starring: Yang Kuei-Mei, Lee Kang-Sheng, Tien Miao
Director: Tsai Ming-Liang
Director: Tsai Ming-Liang
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Reviews for The Hole
If you enjoy movies that provoke 'what if?' debates afterwards in the theatre lobby, you'll dig The Hole.
Cheerfully postulates the end of the world as an invitingly loony escapade.
I tend to think it's good, if you can appreciate what it sets out to be. My problem is that it's representative of a type of filmmaking I can't appreciate and don't enjoy.
The humor and ennui that Tsai’s vision of dystopia evokes is both unique and compelling.
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