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Goodbye South, Goodbye

1996
Drama
Crime
1h 56m
This Film explores the world of small-time crime in the present-day suburban backwaters of Taipei.It follows the luckless entrepreneurial ventures of Kao (Jack Kao) and his misfit cohort Flat Head (Lim Giong). A non-stop schemer, Kao devises a plan to raise money by trading subsidized pigs to the government for cash. The ruse works, but when the temperamental Flat Head antagonizes the wrong people, the two find themselves caught up in a dangerous game of corrupt politics.(tigercinema.com)
Directed by:
Hsiao-Hsien Hou Hsiao-Hsien Hou
Written by:
Jack Kao Jack Kao T'ien-wen Chu
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Starring:
Jack Kao Jack Kao Hsiang Hsi Kuei-Ying Hsu Annie Shizuka Inoh Ming Kao Ming Lei Giong Lim Vicky Wei Pi-tung Lien Shih-huang Chen
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Genres:
Drama, Crime
AKA:
Nanguo zaijan, nanguo
Country:
Taiwan
Languages:
Mandarin, Hokkien
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Goodbye South, Goodbye

1996
Drama
Crime
1h 56m
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kercKerc
Rated 13 Dec 2014
18
23rd
like sonatine but about 20% more dull than i wanted it to be.
Rated 13 Dec 2014
martintellerMartinTeller
Rated 08 Jan 2008
62
20th
Pretty much just a Mean Streets rip-off. Not as much as As Tears Go By, but you'd be blind not to see the similarities. Hou tries to up the energy level a bit with some fast-paced driving scenes and occasional loud music; sometimes it works, sometimes not. Most of the time, you're just waiting for something interesting to happen, usually quite a while. I liked the character of "Flatty" (the Robert De Niro stand-in), but I didn't care too much about Gao (the Harvey Keitel).
Rated 08 Jan 2008
driscarpindriscarpin
Rated 02 Oct 2021
87
82nd
Adeus ao Sul estreava há 25 anos no Festival de New York. Esse é um desses filmes universais sobre a juventude dos anos 90 e feito a partir de um fluir-cinema que mostra de forma especular tal juventude marcada por um desestabilizar comunicativo e um fluir de ações mal planejados. Sei, porque eu estava lá e Hsiao-Hsien Hou mostra isso lindamente. DVDRip no MakingOff.
Rated 02 Oct 2021
caspiancaspian
Rated 01 Mar 2024
80
56th
全部台客的風格 rich atmospheres and a gossipy plot. i quite like this more than millennium mambo, it feels a bit more genuine. would love to see a restored version. 侯孝賢 does bros hanging out really well.
Rated 01 Mar 2024
pompousasspompousass
Rated 14 Nov 2010
100
98th
The style is relaxed, flexible, never stiff, never a formulated strategy that could go ahead on automatic pilot, always dependent instead on an unerring eye for composition and an unerring sense of rhythm. Practically every shot proclaims the presence of a major cinematic stylist. Watching them pass by is a sensuous pleasure of the highest and rarest type. And a privilege, too. 105 minutes are too few.
Rated 14 Nov 2010
icarusIcarus
Rated 24 Jun 2018
85
79th
The repeated shots of cars driving tell you everything you need to know about Hou's thematic interest here: the vehicles press onward--sometimes first person subjective, sometimes third person--but never seem to arrive. This fits perfectly with these small time gangsters, who have hopes for legitimacy, but can't seem to find the right turn off from the road they're on, which leads to destruction.
Rated 24 Jun 2018

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