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Goodbye, Dragon Inn

2003 · 82 min

A slow, quiet immersion in a dying cinema, where loneliness and memory linger in every frame.

Overview
On a dark, wet night in Taipei City, a cavernous old picture palace is about to close its doors forever. A meager audience, the remaining few staff, and perhaps even a ghost or two, watch King Hu’s wuxia classic "Dragon Inn", each haunted by memories and desires evoked by cinema itself.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • loneliness
  • isolation
  • memory
  • aging
  • death
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action0
Horror2
Humour3
Realism8
Romance1
Tension2
Darkness6
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Tsai Ming-liang
Written by
Tsai Ming-liang
Starring
Lee Kang-sheng, Chen Shiang-Chyi, Kiyonobu Mitamura, Miao Tian, Shih Chun, Chen Chao-jung, Yang Kuei-mei
Cinematography
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Runtime
82 min
Country
Taiwan
Languages
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