Four legendary directors ask: what if beauty is just... existing anyway?
Understanding "beauty" for 2015... From Beijing, Huang Jianxin wonders if it's nobler to sleep or not to sleep in Insomniac Diary. In London, Mohsen Makhmalbaf's Tenant tells the misadventures of an Iranian boy trying not to lose his bed-sit. With Three Days After My Death, Yim Ho creates a parable: a woman who wants to die must save someone's life before her death wish be granted. Tsai Ming-Liang returns with No No Sleep, where bare-footed Lee Kang-Sheng walks Tokyo streets in the depth of winter.
Direction
Four radically different visions, one fragile thread
Cinematography
Tsai's Tokyo winter shots will haunt you
Acting
Lee Kang-sheng's silent walking says everything
Director
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Commissioned to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Busan International Film Festival's Asian Cinema Fund, this anthology let four masters interpret 'beauty' with zero commercial interference.
Tsai Ming-Liang's 'No No Sleep' shares DNA with his Walker series—Lee Kang-sheng's monk-like slowness here was developed over years of collaboration, making this almost a documentary of their artistic marriage.
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