Tears of the Black Tiger

Let me put it this way, there's just way too much Tarantino and not nearly enough Guy Maddin in this film's particular brand of cinematic pastiche for my taste, and there's not really anything here that hadn't already been done better in Lemonade Joe (and even that was stretching it), despite some intermittently intriguing over-the-top stylization (which seems to be aiming for something along the lines of Hausu but which ultimately ends up closer to Amelie, or Sin City for the arthouse crowd).

Bizarre Thai Western flick, it's basically a soap opera love triangle interspersed with stylized and comically gory cowboy shootouts. It's got a unique style with brightly painted backdrops, supersaturated colors and melodramatic music swells to punch up all the intentionally corny acting during the big moments. The plot is pretty formulaic, but this movie is bold and different and thoroughly entertaining.

Tears of the Black Tiger estreava há 20 anos no Festival de Vancouver. Esse filme é muito bonito esteticamente, o uso das cores é soberbo, mas confesso que esperava mais western e menos melodrama dele, não que isso constitua uma tragédia (sic), é claro. DVDRip PirateBay.

a crystal of tropes, wrapped in a blanket of post-modernism, doused in melodrama, and peppered with a little B-movie violence. in one word: cool.

lovely take on the western genre from Thailand

Written and directed by Wisit Sasanatieng, a commercial director making his first feature film, Tears of the Black Tiger is a technical and aesthetic marvel.

I can see what the director was going for here, and there are frequently beautiful images, but the wonky editing, god-awful music and bad pacing conspire to turn this into something less than fun.

So close to being awesome but the story just drags, still interesting though. The pastel coloring and throwback sets are things I would really like to see more of in the films of today, they seem to add this whole artistic surreal feeling to everything.

When they do the Western in Thailand, how they call it? Eastern? Anyway. This flick which is parodicaly shot in red and green makes you laugh for some time, but the result does not carry till the end. Maybe in certain mood it could be fun, but Bud Spencer and Terrence Hill humour is actally not my cup of tea. Extra points of original output.