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The Puppetmaster (1993)
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AKA: Hsimeng jensheng
AKA: Xi meng ren sheng
Summary: In the first half of this century, young Li Tienlu joines a travelling puppet theatre and subsequently... (imdb)
Genre: Drama
Country: Taiwan
Directed By: Hsiao-hsien Hou
More information at the Internet Movie Database
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The Puppetmaster belongs to 14 collections
1. 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (public: moderated by curseof26 - 45 stars)
2. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2008 revision) (public: moderated by Scottathon - 29 stars)
3. Jonathan Rosenbaum's Top 1000 Movies (public: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 15 stars)
4. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2010 revision) (public: moderated by MMAlpha - 10 stars)
5. FIPRESCI Prize (public: moderated by paulofilmo - 7 stars)
6. Slant Magazine's 100 Essential Films (public: moderated by nexus - 6 stars)
7. Sight and Sound 2002 (public: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 4 stars)
8. Cannes Film Festival: Jury Prize (public: moderated by hristos - 2 stars)
9. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2007 revision) (public: moderated by Scottathon - 1 star)
10. Hong Kong Film Awards' List of The Best 100 Chinese Motion Pictures (public: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 1 star)
11. The Auteurs World Cup (public: moderated by mandarkzilla - 1 star)
12. Cannes 1993 Official Selection (public: moderated by djross)
13. Cinematheque Ontario - Best 40 Of The Nineties (private: popolinka - 1 star)
14. The Village Voice: 150 Groundbreaking Films (private: kevinjoseph)

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This movie scared the mess out of me. I saw it when I was way too young and had a fear of dolls for awhile.
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I don't get it. I just don't get why this guy has been put on a pedestal. It's another okay-but-why-all-the-fuss movie from Hou. Ponderously slow at times, and the narration that forms the heart of the film is too long-winded. There are some insightful moments, and the more political angles were pretty interesting. Yeah, it's a fairly good movie if you can withstand the tedious parts, but I fail to see any greatness.
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