The Best of Times (2002)
- Original title
- 美麗時光
- Directed by
- Chang Tso-chi
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Taiwan
- Runtime
- 1h 49m
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 9 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A group of young men in Taiwan get involved with a local gang. The film focuses on their everyday lives and the tough choices they face.
melancholicgentledreamlikeurbanalienatingslow-burnpoignantvisually poetic
What happens
The Best of Times (Chinese: 美麗時光; pinyin: Měilì Shíguāng) is a 2002 Taiwanese narrative film directed by Chang Tso-chi. In his third feature, Chang Tso-chi wraps the sensibility of urban alienation and lost youth around a typical kids-in-gangland story and infuses it with his own gentle brand of magic realism. It was entered into the 59th Venice International Film Festival. It was also selected as the Taiwanese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 75th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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