Tsai Ming-liang on Days, Collecting Images, and Poetic Titles | NYFF58

Director Tsai Ming-liang joins NYFF Director of Programming Dennis Lim to discuss Days, a Main Slate selection at the 58th NYFF. Interpreter Vincent Cheng. Days is now playing virtually nationwide through September 30 at 8pm ET only. Tickets just added: https://virtual.filmlinc.org/film/days/

Join Tsai Ming-liang for a free talk tonight, September 28, at 8:30pm ET. Free registration required: https://www.filmlinc.org/nyff2020/fil...

The great Taiwanese filmmaker Tsai Ming-liang has been directing exquisite examinations of alienation, isolation, and the fleeting beauty of human connection featuring his muse Lee Kang-sheng for decades. His latest film, Days—his first feature-length fiction since 2013’s magnificent Stray Dogs (NYFF51)—will undoubtedly stand as one of his best, sparest, and most intimate works. Lee once again stars as a variation on himself, wandering through a lonely urban landscape and seeking treatment in Hong Kong for a chronic illness; at the same time, a young Laotian immigrant working in Bangkok, played by Anong Houngheuangsy, goes about his daily routine. These two solitary men eventually come together in a moment of healing, tenderness, and sexual release. Among the most cathartic entries in Tsai’s filmography, Days is a work of longing, constructed with the director’s customary brilliance at visual composition and shot through with profound empathy. A Grasshopper Film release.

Presented by Film at Lincoln Center, the 58th New York Film Festival highlights the best in world cinema from September 17-October 11. This year’s festival features drive-in screenings in the Bronx, Brooklyn, and Queens and virtual screenings available nationwide. Get tickets and see more information: https://www.filmlinc.org/nyff2020

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