Don’t let the occasional camera movement fool you: The Taiwanese “Rebels of the Neon God” is a Tsai Ming-liang film, the static-take-loving auteur’s debut, receiving a U.S. theatrical release after 23 ...
The evocation of mystery and glamour in the title “Rebels of the Neon God” alone should be enough to stir interest. Yet the 1992 debut feature by Taiwanese filmmaker Tsai Ming-liang, while popping up ...
If Tsai Ming-liang hadn’t beaten Nicolas Winding Refn’s career to the punch by several years, Rebels of the Neon God would have been a killer moniker for one of the great Dane’s as-yet-unimagined ...
The legendary Taiwanese minimalist filmmaker Tsai Ming-liang didn’t emerge fully formed, but with 1992’s “Rebels of the Neon God” he came close. That’s remarkable as is. Over the years and the films — ...
Those challenged by the slow pace and perverse narrative of Tsai Ming-liang’s most recent film, 2013’s “Stray Dogs” (at the risk of spoilers, the last 15 minutes consist of two people staring at a ...
It’s been a long time coming, but Tsai Ming-liang’s 1992 film “Rebels of the Neon God” is finally getting a U.S. premiere thanks to Big World Pictures, and Indiewire has the exclusive trailer. The ...
If Tsai Ming-Liang doesn’t seem to carry the same cachet in the U.S. as some of his Taiwanese New Wave colleagues, such as Hou Hsiao-Hsien or Edward Yang, it might have something to do with the ...