![]() ![]() Amid a rigid society, regional warlords were rebelling against an imperial government that had overseen centuries of peace, stability, refinement and culture. The film is set during the twilight of the Tang dynasty, which lasted until the turn of the 10th century. "It's a world of spies and assassins and gamblers and prostitutes and wandering monks and jugglers - it's all the people who didn't fit in," says Grady Hendrix, co-founder of the New York Asian Film Festival. The Assassin, on the other hand, is inspired by the kind of storytelling that first gained popularity more than a millennium ago. Earlier this year, his film won the top directing prize at the Cannes Film Festival.īut the film isn't typical for Hou, who's known best for telling intimate stories about ordinary people. for the first time in 20 years: Hou Hsiao-Hsien. The film, set in 9th-century China, is the latest from one of the great directors of world cinema, a man who just came to the U.S. The Assassin is a mysterious, silent woman draped in black, calm and implacable - even while slitting an unlucky warlord's throat. ![]()
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