Plots(1)
Hou Hsiao-hsien is often regarded as a cinephile favourite and a regular guest at art festivals. But The Green, Green Grass of Home is a reminder of his earlier works, strongly influenced by a popular cycle of Taiwan romantic comedies. Hong-Kong popstar Kenny Bee portrays a town school teacher who finds himself working in a village and has to deal with a group of mischievous kids, illegal fishing and blooming love. What Hou made is, however, not simply a commercial comedy, he is infallibly accurate in choosing beautiful compositions and thoughtful direction of movement within a frame. Apart from environmental issues he builds up a conventional romantic plot and finds inspiration in Ozu’s student films from 1930’s. The Green, Green Grass of Home is a unique experience that brings together a radical auteur with a non-traditional approach to a commercial and genre subject matter. (Filmasia)
(more)Cast
Tseng-Kuo Yan
Taiwan
Best movies:
Kung Fu Kids (1986)
A Summer at Grandpa's (1984)
Kung Fu Kids II (1986)
Kenny Bee
Hong Kong
Best movies:
My Heart Is That Eternal Rose (1989)
Armour of God (1986)
Project A II (1987)
Fang Mei
Taiwan
Best movies:
Dust in the Wind (1986)
A Summer at Grandpa's (1984)
Taipei Story (1985)
Chun Ku
China
Best movies:
A Summer at Grandpa's (1984)
The Green, Green Grass of Home (1982)