Millenium Mambo
Mar 25, 2015
(2001, 119 min, 35mm)
Please note screening locations!
Wednesday, March 25 at Northwest Film Forum with introduction by Sean Gilman
Saturday, March 28 at at the Grand Illusion Cinema
In 2011 Taipei, Vicki reflects on her life at the turn of the century as an aimless party girl. Her jealous, drug-addled boyfriend drives her away into a seemingly platonic relationship with Jack, an older man. Jack’s mafia connections force him to visit Japan and he suggests that she follow. The sole contemporary-set feature of this retrospective is one of Hou’s most beautifully shot films—a ghostly story of ennui and regret.
“Mambo is a ghost story, but what has died is more than a single soul—rather, history, memory, a sense of being and belonging.”—James Quandt, Artforum.
Please note screening locations!
Wednesday, March 25 at Northwest Film Forum, 1515 12th Avenue—Buy Advance Tickets >
Saturday, March 28 at at the Grand Illusion Cinema, 1403 Northeast 50th Street—Buy Advance Tickets >
- Part of our series Also Like Life: The Films of Hou Hsiao-hsien—read more >