Walker

Tsai Ming-liang / Hong Kong, Taiwan / 2012 / Czech Premiere / 27 min.

synopsis

The first of Tsai's series of films about a walking monk is based on the contrast of extremely slow movement and the hustle and bustle of the modern city. A Buddhist meditation with a plastic bag, neon signs, paint and advertisements, it provides a fascinating and hilarious reflection on a day as a monk in the middle of Hong Kong and his journey to his first bite to eat.

biography

Tsai Ming-liang (1957) is a Malaysian native who lives and works in Taiwan. Together with Ang Lee and Hou Hsiao-hsien, he is a leading representative of the Taiwanese New Wave. His work has features of slow cinema, conceptual art and performance art and deals with themes of loneliness, time and memory. His second feature, Vive L'Amour (1994), won the Golden Lion at Venice, The River (1997) won the Golden Bear at the Berlinale, and The Wayward Cloud (2005) competed there.