Three Times
Followed by Q&A with Mark Lee Ping-Bing Moderator Prof. Chris Berry.
Director: Hou Hsiao-Hsien
120 minutes. France, Taiwan. 2005. Subtitled. Colour. 35mm.
Made 20 years after Mark Lee Ping-Bing’s first collaboration with Hou Hsiao-Hsien on A Time to Live, a Time to Die (1985), Three Times is an astoundingly beautiful film. A trilogy of love stories with only two actors, Chang Chen and Shu Qi, each is an exquisite portrayal of Taiwanese lovers in three distinct time periods, with three distinct stories: A Time for Love set in 1966; A Time for Freedom set in 1911; and A Time for Youth set in Taipei in 2005. The three films connect seamlessly, each part working in contrast to the last, yet collectively forming a kind of meditation. Each story’s unique colours, languorous tempo and long fluid takes put us in a dream-state. (Notes Marie-Pierre Richard)
Animated short: Ye You
Director: Liang-Hsin Huang
4 mins 45 secs. Taiwan. 2017. Colour. Digital file.
