Tears Of The Black Tiger

2000, Movie, NR, 113 mins

Tears Of The Black Tiger: Review

TEARS OF THE BLACK TIGER | FA TALAI JONE

A delirious fever dream of pulp-Western conventions by way of 1950s Hollywood melodrama, Thai filmmaker Wisit Sasanatieng's surreal oddity unfolds in heavily manipulated colors so rich they seem ready to leap off the screen, and is punctuated by spasms of over-ripe dialogue, floridly dramatic songs and maniacally villainous laughter. As the sky weeps uncontrollably, a beautiful woman enters a gazebo set down in the middle of the verdant countryside and waits — but who is t... read more leave a comment