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Essential Cinema: Days of Being Wild

Presented by Austin Film Society at Alamo Drafthouse - South Lamar

September 6, 2011

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 Yuddy, a work-averse young man, gets by with the help of women, old and young. The demure Su Lizhen, who diligently holds down menial jobs, is finally won over by Yuddy’s philosophical pick-up lines, while the brash nightclub entertainer Mimi is confident she can get him and keep him. The older woman of the trio, a just-about-to-be washed-up prostitute, has raised Yuddy since childhood, but theirs is a twisted, Oedipal relationship full of anger, pain, sorrow, and something slightly distasteful. When she finally reveals his mother’s identity and whereabouts, Yuddy goes off to the Philippines in search of explanations for his abandonment. His two younger lovers are left to fend for themselves, one with a gentle cop/night watchman, the other with a childish, flashy, clueless friend of Yuddy’s. This rainy, gritty Hong Kong has never looked so beautiful through hyper-stylish compositions bathed in colors laced with shadows. Adding to the beauty are some of Hong Kong’s top actors, always available for a Wong Kar-wai film.

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    Alamo Drafthouse - South Lamar

    1120 South Lamar
    Austin, TX 78704

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     $8 General Admission     $5 AFS Members and FREE for Season Pass holders

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    September 6, 2011

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    7pm

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    • Event Name: Essential Cinema: Days of Being Wild
      "Entertained but confused"
      Review posted by: Stephen_Reynolds from 1, Sep 07, 2011
      

      The story of the Days of Being Wild is a tale of a playboy who wins and breaks womens hearts and leaves a trail of broken women who try to cope afterward. That is the impression that I got. The story... Expand

      The story of the Days of Being Wild is a tale of a playboy who wins and breaks womens hearts and leaves a trail of broken women who try to cope afterward. That is the impression that I got. The story seems simple enough and perhaps its just the way Hong Kong movies are made but I found many scenes either confusing or placed in the wrong spot. I stayed awake during hte whole film and found that it had a variety of entertaining characters. It was nice to see life in the 1960s depicted in something besides a war torn Vietnam out of the far east. I have found that the acting was well done for the scenes that were played out. I had seen very little of Hong Kong movies and hope to see more. Collapse

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    • Event Name: Essential Cinema: Days of Being Wild
      "Entertained but confused"
      Review posted by: Stephen_Reynolds from 1, Sep 07, 2011
      

      The story of the Days of Being Wild is a tale of a playboy who wins and breaks womens hearts and leaves a trail of broken women who try to cope afterward. That is the impression that I got. The story... Expand

      The story of the Days of Being Wild is a tale of a playboy who wins and breaks womens hearts and leaves a trail of broken women who try to cope afterward. That is the impression that I got. The story seems simple enough and perhaps its just the way Hong Kong movies are made but I found many scenes either confusing or placed in the wrong spot. I stayed awake during hte whole film and found that it had a variety of entertaining characters. It was nice to see life in the 1960s depicted in something besides a war torn Vietnam out of the far east. I have found that the acting was well done for the scenes that were played out. I had seen very little of Hong Kong movies and hope to see more. Collapse

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