Three Times Hou Hsiao Hsien !!better!! -

If you have never seen a Hou Hsiao-hsien film, start with Three Times . Watch it once for the images. Watch it twice for the silence. Watch it three times—three times—to understand that time is not a river. It is a room. And we are all waiting for someone to walk through the door.

The brilliance of Three Times lies in Hou’s refusal to simply "dress up" the actors in period costumes. Instead, he changes the very grammar of cinema to suit the era. three times hou hsiao hsien