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Three Times
2005
The film features three different stories of love and memory through three time periods, 1966, 1911 and 2005. The first, "A Time for Love," hinges on the meeting of soldier boy Chen with pool hall hostess May and his subsequent search for her. The second episode, "A Time for Freedom," deals with a courtesan tending to a Mr. .. Read more
| Starring | Qi Shu, Chang Chen, Gong Li |
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| Director | Hou Hsiao Hsien |
| Genres | Drama, World Cinema |
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Three Times
The film features three different stories of love and memory through three time periods, 1966, 1911 and 2005. The first, "A Time for Love," hinges on the meeting of soldier boy Chen with pool hall hostess May and his subsequent search for her. The second episode, "A Time for Freedom," deals with a courtesan tending to a Mr. Chang during the Japanese occupation of Taiwan. And the third episode, "A Time for Youth," centers on epileptic singer Jing who casually takes up with photographer Zhen while increasingly ignoring her female lover.
| Starring | Qi Shu, Chang Chen, Gong Li |
|---|---|
| Director | Hou Hsiao Hsien |
| Studio | ARTIFICIAL EYE |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 56 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama, World Cinema |
| Language | DVD: Taiwanese, Mandarin |
| Subtitles | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 13 Nov 2006 Production year: 2005 |
| Format | DVD |
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In 2000, a North American poll of critics and curators named Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Abbas Kiarostami as the most important... read more on Time Out
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Hypnotically beautiful...[The director] brings us love and loss in three different time periods.
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17 out of 20 people found this review helpful
Excruciating
Whilst I am generally a fan of World Cinema, this was so spectacularly dull it will be memorable for me. This is clearly one of the those love it or hate it films when you look at the reviews for this.
The film is split into 3 stories with the same 2 principal actors used in all. The first of the stories A Time for Love is at least bearable. Set in 1966 it focuses on the foundation of love between a young military officer and girl who works snooker halls.
Common throughout this film as a whole is a complete lack of character development and dialogue. I actually couldn't even endure the second story A Time For Freedom and fast forwarded it after the first 10 minutes or so. It was based in 1911 and concerns a courtesan and her client. Played as a silent movie with the most horrendous soundtrack, it was excruciating.
The final story A Time for Youth is based in 2005 and focuses on a love triangle between a photographer and epileptic singer/musician and her girlfriend. The story is disinteresting and goes nowhere .
In my opinion don't bother renting this. If you want to watch an Asian love story set across time you would be far better off renting Kar Wai Wong's In The Mood For Love. -
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
terrible
it's super slow-moving with no plot and just pointless. one of the worst films I've ever seen. what a waste of time!
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