It is no wonder that, I have developed intense obsession towards Chinese films these days. Precisely, I have been watching Chinese films for past one and half year, but unfortunately I had no time to take myself into depth of films because of my hectic schedule in graduation period. Apparently, now I seek enough time to connect my soul with Chinese films. I have all the collections from Cantonese to Mandarin and Taiwanese. Every film that I watched so far has its rare and unique beauty and cannot share equality of story lines. The specialities of Chinese films are about its screenplay how beautifully it’s being structured and its representation. Every scene is beautifully composed, and plot of films are made with realistic accomplishment that makes us to involve into the movie and it reflects our own personality. I used to search for the best films, I used to watch many Hollywood pictures, but I never found my solace there, now I think I am well accomplished with my dreams because I found as a media student where I am belonged to. Chinese films and songs are completely made for me, and it’s worth watching…
Especially I must admit to the fact that Taiwanese movies are lovelier, truly develops aesthetic sense. Yesterday, I watched one fantastic movie called “The Most Distant Course” which was released in the year (2007) directed by Lin Jing-Jie. This movie has thin story line, yet still greatly accomplished with the elements of deeper emotions of three different characters, beautiful sights and sounds of Taiwan.
Plot: As I mentioned above the storyline of this movie is thin but it’s still worth watching. Perhaps, this movie’s story if I describe just in words it may seem little lame, but I stressed to the point that it’s worth watching because; you should not miss every eye catching element of this film. A beautiful location, characterizations, sounds and especially actor’s expressions does meet with beautiful accomplishments, which has made this film like creamy cup cake.
The plot of this movie actually revolves around three different characters that have their own heart break background. The film opens with the scene of Xiaotang who leaps off bed suddenly and gets ready for his work in hurry. He is professionally sound recorder who he is not even aware with the fact that he was fired from work very long back post the break up with his girlfriend. Xiaotang breaks down from stress and he apologizes to director, producer, and crew members of film set, thereby he walks away slowly and silent sits along the roadside, begins to weep.
On the other hand Cai is a psychiatrist who takes his role-playing bit too far, into counselling session containing sexually explicit diatribes. Somehow, in the amidst of story, we would figure Cai also fallen apart with explicit heart break that makes him to lead into his own way of dealings with prostitutes. One day, while getting ready for work, Cai switches from standard-shirt-tie-getup into a causal outfit, whereupon he decides to abandon his job the minute he looks at wedding card of his ex-girlfriend who posted him three years ago and decides to lead his direction towards aimless road trip. He ends up at road side shop where he seduces local beer sales girl in karaoke music station before getting involved in potential blackmail scam. Cai gets bailed out by Xiaotang and the two hit the road trip.
Finally there is Wu Ruoyun a young female officer who is stressfully struck with triangle intimate relationship leaves her frequently alone, nursing with alcoholic liquor with depression. She is alienated with complicated relationship, but soon or later she finds her solace in audio tapes that were sent by Xiaotang which contains ambient sounds from every corner of Taiwan including collections from nature like windbreak forests, tidal waves, local fish markets, tribes and simple sounds from flames. These tapes were not meant to Ruoyun it was for previous tenant who was indeed ex-girlfriend of Xiaotang. Xiaotang still believes that his ex-girlfriend is still living in the same apartment where Ruoyun lives. Ruoyan listens to his audiotapes in order to escape from emotional commute and office grind. One day, she decides to chase the source of sounds by beginning her own personal journey in order to find Xiaotang, apparently she ends up realizing about the meaning of her life in her solace journey.
Therefore, these three characters have their own heart break stories and interlink their lives into this distant journey or road trip. The film shows on how they realized their true emotions beyond their characteristics. Hence the film would convey successfully the theory of beautiful emotions that has slightly non-linear narrative mode which is been captured with the actor’s fantastic expressions.
Director Lin Jing-Jie directed this film with unrevealing fashion by giving simple treatment to the characters. This films does not seem to be hugely grand budget, hence its outcome simple and natural. Lie Jing-Jie’s compilation with elements such as sights of Taiwan, sounds unfolds the slow-paced narrative pleasantly. At the end of movie, finally their destinations of all the three characters do not meet in special attractions, neither it reaches to audience expectations, but some simple meaning of understanding their own lives and discovering their own solace outcomes quietly. Character’s differing fates are subtle and affecting.
Theme of this movie does not seem to be new, we have seen many movies with the same theme of discovering accomplishments of lives, yet the narration was simpler, but Lie-Jing-Jie’s spins his cinematography worth remembering that evokes aesthetic beauty to this film, and it proves for worth watching
Perhaps, I have been keenly watching this film for over one and half hour I did not realize the fleeting time… Somehow, my mind has travelled into distant course and I begin to discover my own character after the completion of this movie. I was stuck on my own seat and became calm, closing my eyes listening to my inner soul there by, I can listen to the distant sounds of my own soul what it needs… If you guys want to feel the same notion like the way I do, then I would say go ahead for watching this masterpiece artistic movie “The Most Distant course”
Especially I must admit to the fact that Taiwanese movies are lovelier, truly develops aesthetic sense. Yesterday, I watched one fantastic movie called “The Most Distant Course” which was released in the year (2007) directed by Lin Jing-Jie. This movie has thin story line, yet still greatly accomplished with the elements of deeper emotions of three different characters, beautiful sights and sounds of Taiwan.
Plot: As I mentioned above the storyline of this movie is thin but it’s still worth watching. Perhaps, this movie’s story if I describe just in words it may seem little lame, but I stressed to the point that it’s worth watching because; you should not miss every eye catching element of this film. A beautiful location, characterizations, sounds and especially actor’s expressions does meet with beautiful accomplishments, which has made this film like creamy cup cake.
The plot of this movie actually revolves around three different characters that have their own heart break background. The film opens with the scene of Xiaotang who leaps off bed suddenly and gets ready for his work in hurry. He is professionally sound recorder who he is not even aware with the fact that he was fired from work very long back post the break up with his girlfriend. Xiaotang breaks down from stress and he apologizes to director, producer, and crew members of film set, thereby he walks away slowly and silent sits along the roadside, begins to weep.
On the other hand Cai is a psychiatrist who takes his role-playing bit too far, into counselling session containing sexually explicit diatribes. Somehow, in the amidst of story, we would figure Cai also fallen apart with explicit heart break that makes him to lead into his own way of dealings with prostitutes. One day, while getting ready for work, Cai switches from standard-shirt-tie-getup into a causal outfit, whereupon he decides to abandon his job the minute he looks at wedding card of his ex-girlfriend who posted him three years ago and decides to lead his direction towards aimless road trip. He ends up at road side shop where he seduces local beer sales girl in karaoke music station before getting involved in potential blackmail scam. Cai gets bailed out by Xiaotang and the two hit the road trip.
Finally there is Wu Ruoyun a young female officer who is stressfully struck with triangle intimate relationship leaves her frequently alone, nursing with alcoholic liquor with depression. She is alienated with complicated relationship, but soon or later she finds her solace in audio tapes that were sent by Xiaotang which contains ambient sounds from every corner of Taiwan including collections from nature like windbreak forests, tidal waves, local fish markets, tribes and simple sounds from flames. These tapes were not meant to Ruoyun it was for previous tenant who was indeed ex-girlfriend of Xiaotang. Xiaotang still believes that his ex-girlfriend is still living in the same apartment where Ruoyun lives. Ruoyan listens to his audiotapes in order to escape from emotional commute and office grind. One day, she decides to chase the source of sounds by beginning her own personal journey in order to find Xiaotang, apparently she ends up realizing about the meaning of her life in her solace journey.
Therefore, these three characters have their own heart break stories and interlink their lives into this distant journey or road trip. The film shows on how they realized their true emotions beyond their characteristics. Hence the film would convey successfully the theory of beautiful emotions that has slightly non-linear narrative mode which is been captured with the actor’s fantastic expressions.
Director Lin Jing-Jie directed this film with unrevealing fashion by giving simple treatment to the characters. This films does not seem to be hugely grand budget, hence its outcome simple and natural. Lie Jing-Jie’s compilation with elements such as sights of Taiwan, sounds unfolds the slow-paced narrative pleasantly. At the end of movie, finally their destinations of all the three characters do not meet in special attractions, neither it reaches to audience expectations, but some simple meaning of understanding their own lives and discovering their own solace outcomes quietly. Character’s differing fates are subtle and affecting.
Theme of this movie does not seem to be new, we have seen many movies with the same theme of discovering accomplishments of lives, yet the narration was simpler, but Lie-Jing-Jie’s spins his cinematography worth remembering that evokes aesthetic beauty to this film, and it proves for worth watching
Perhaps, I have been keenly watching this film for over one and half hour I did not realize the fleeting time… Somehow, my mind has travelled into distant course and I begin to discover my own character after the completion of this movie. I was stuck on my own seat and became calm, closing my eyes listening to my inner soul there by, I can listen to the distant sounds of my own soul what it needs… If you guys want to feel the same notion like the way I do, then I would say go ahead for watching this masterpiece artistic movie “The Most Distant course”
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