Watched 2 Hou Hsiao-hsien last night
While I loved how it was shot and understood that the story was supposed to be fragmented and told from the perspective of a teenage girl trying to be the glue of her fracture family while on the verge of growing up, it couldn't keep my interest. A little after halfway, I just got bored as hell. I appreciate what it was going for though.
This was also told in fragments but was done much better to me. Then again, the inner workings of a Chinese brothel in the 1800s sounds more interesting off top lol. This was pretty good but actually rather depressing. Ol boy didn't care at all for those gatherings (with the most melancholic face ever) at all, he just wanted to lay with a broad and smoke opium all night. He even tried to find love but to no avail. He ended up just as depressed as he was in the beginning. A fascinating watch. The way this was shot was damn near hypnotic.