Bleak Week: Tsai Ming-Liang's THE HOLE - New 35mm print!

Schedule

Mon Jun 29 2026 at 07:00 pm to 08:45 pm

UTC-05:00
Location

Room 4070, Vilas Hall, 821 University Avenue, Madison, WI, United States, Wisconsin 53706 | Madison, WI

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THE HOLE
Taiwan, France | 1998 | 35mm | 95 min. | Mandarin with English subtitles
Director: Tsai Ming-Liang
Cast: Yang Kuei-Mei, Lee Kang-Sheng, Miao Tien
In The Hole, unusual interactions between two residents (Lee and Yang) of an apartment building in an apocalyptic, virus-ridden Taipei become the foundation for a one-of-a-kind movie musical. Goodbye, Dragon Inn filmmaker Tsai Ming-Liang’s work is often harsh and excruciatingly sad. Yet amid the static long takes and palpable loneliness, Tsai always finds clever ways to complicate the grimness of his subjects, tinkering with genre and bone-dry humor. One of Tsai’s finest films, The Hole will screen on a brand new 35mm print courtesy of Big World Pictures.
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Room 4070, Vilas Hall, 821 University Avenue, Madison, WI, United States, Wisconsin 53706

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