The Hole – aka The Last Dance
Awards: Fipresci Prize “for its daring combination of realism and apocalyptic vision, desperation and joy, austerity and glamour.”
Gold Hugo Award for Best Feature at the 1998 Chicago International Film Festival
Set just before the turn of the new millennium, a strange disease hits Taiwan that causes people to crawl on the floor and search for dark places. It also rains constantly. Despite evacuation orders, tenants of a rundown apartment building stay put. This vaguely futuristic story follows two residents of a quickly crumbling building who refuse to leave their homes in spite of a virus that has forced the evacuation of the area. As rain pours down relentlessly, a single man is stuck with an unfinished plumbing job and a hole in his floor. This results in a very odd relationship with the woman who lives below him. Combining deadpan humor with an austere view of loneliness and a couple of unexpected musical numbers, Tsai Ming-Liang crafted one of the most original films of the 1990s.”
“One of the ten best films of 1999…Tsai’s most distilled, droll, deftly realized allegory.” –J. Hoberman,Village Voice
“The most memorable fusion of song, dance and weathersince Singin’ in the Rain.” –Dennis Lim, Village Voice
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