
EVENT, SCREENING
Lana Wilson Presents: The Hole
Saturday, Nov 23, 2024 at 6:15 pm
Location: Bartos Screening Room
Dir. Tsai Ming-liang. 1998, 95 mins. Taiwan. DCP. With Yang Kuei-mei, Lee Kang-sheng, Miao Tien. Part musical, part apocalyptic fable, the fourth feature from the great Taiwanese filmmaker Tsai Ming-liang begins a week shy of the year 2000, as Taipei is in the grip of a mysterious epidemic. Delaying his evacuation, Hsiao-kang meets his downstairs neighbor when a plumber accidentally creates a hole connecting their apartments, a breach that gradually widens. Tsai contrasts the dreariness of the apartment block with splendiferous production numbers set to the lip-synched music of Grace Chang, lavish sequences that express the characters’ bottled-up desire.
Tickets: $15 / $11 senior and students / $9 youth (ages 3–17) / discounted for MoMI members ($7–$11). There is a $1.50 transaction fee per ticket for all online purchases. The cost of admission may be applied toward a same-day purchase of a membership.
Order tickets. Please pick up tickets at the Museum’s admissions desk upon arrival. All seating is general admission.