We haven’t heard from Chinese-born Taiwanese master Hou Hsiao-hsien since his 2015 wuxia epic “The Assassin.” Now, there is finally news on “Shulan River,” his long-developing drama.
Providing an update on his adaptation of the Hsieh Hai-meng novel (via IONCINEMA) Tsai revealed that he will begin scouting locations for the Shu Qi-led project starting next month when “spring is blooming.”
Taiwanese media is reporting that this new film will focus on an elderly father and his son. “It’s [also] a movie about a river goddess set in the modern era,” Hou said of Shulan River back in 2015 to Film Comment.
As mentioned, Hou is a master of his craft. His best-known films include “A City of Sadness,” “Flowers of Shanghai,” and “The Puppetmaster.” His style is as arthouse high-brow as it gets, but there’s a real beauty to his images that just sucks you right into its frames.
Still no distributor for "Bucking Fastard," "Alpha Gang," "The Last Photograph," "Closing Night," and "The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd." The issue seems to be quality more than a lack of willingness to buy.