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Virtual Screening Room: The Hole
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1998 • dir Tsai Ming-liang w/Kuei-mei Yang, Kang-sheng Lee • 89 min
A prizewinner at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival, THE HOLE is set in Taipei slightly in the future – just prior to the dawn of the 21st century. The vaguely sci-fi story follows two residents of a quickly crumbling building who refuse to leave their homes in spite of a bizarre virus that has forced the evacuation of the area. As rain pours down relentlessly, a single man is stuck with an unfinished plumbing job and a hole in his floor. This results in a very odd relationship with the woman who lives in the apartment below. Combining deadpan humor with an austere view of loneliness and several unexpected musical numbers, Tsai Ming-liang crafted one of the most original films of the 1990s – and one that seems oddly appropriate for today’s circumstances.
THE HOLE was originally produced for a French television series called 2000 Seen By… which depicted various directors’ views of the impending Millennium. The Brattle was home to special premiere screenings of these films – including works by Hal Hartley, Don McKellar, and Abderrahmane Sissako – back in 1999 and we are excited to once again offer this typically eccentric offering from one of the world’s most underrated master filmmakers in the longer, director’s preferred cut.