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Millennium MamboDate
of release:
January 10, 2002
Story / Synopsis: A
young woman, Vicky, is torn between two men, Hao-hao and Jack. At
night she works in a nightclub to support Hao-hao. Hao-hao watches
over all the time, no matter if she is on or off the job. He checks
her charge accounts, telephone bills, mobile phone records, and
even her body odor in an attempt to trace her activities. Vicky
cannot stand him any longer; she runs away. Hao-hao finds her, begging
her to go home. She sets herself a deadline to end the relationship:
as soon as she has spent the NT$ 500,000 in her bank account. At
the same time, Jack makes various business investments. But his
open-arm policy to anyone in need of his help courts trouble. Vicky
has already run to his place twice. Some degree of affinity between
them begins to take shape: it may lead to a still closer relationship
or permanent friendship...
Other
Information: "Millennium Mambo" wins 3 award in 2001 Taipei Golden Horse Awards: Best Cinematography - Lee Ping Bing Best Sound Design - Tu Duu Chih Best Original Score - Lim Giong, Huang Kai Yu
"Millennium Mambo" also wins 3 award in various international film festivals: Grand Prix Technique in Cannes Film Festival Silver Hugo Award in Chicago Int'l Film Festival Best Director Award in Flanders Int'l Film Festival - Ghent
"Millennium
Mambo" is a long-term project consists of a series of movies,
which took or will take their sources from real people, events and
things in Taipei. The goal of the project is to memorize the city.
This movie is the 1st outcome of this project.
Director's
Statement - Hou Hsiao Hsien Looking
at the youthful friends around me, I find that their cycle and rhythm
of "birth, age, illness and death" are moving several
times faster than those of my generation. This is particularly true
among young girls: like flowers, they are fading almost immediately
upon blooming. The process occurs in an instant. I
do not remember who said this: "Of so many leaves drifting
everywhere in the sky above us, there is but one leaf which comes
to an eternal halt at the very moment of being watched persistently
by us with understanding and sympathy."
Cinema: Broadway Cinematheque |
