Goodbye, Dragon Inn

About Goodbye, Dragon Inn

On a dark, wet night in Taipei City, a cavernous old picture palace is about to close its doors forever. A meager audience, the remaining few staff, and perhaps even a ghost or two, watch King Hu’s wuxia classic "Dragon Inn", each haunted by memories and desires evoked by cinema itself.

Goodbye, Dragon Inn is a 2003 drama film directed by Tsai Ming-liang. It runs 82 minutes and was released in December 2003.

Lee Kang-sheng takes the lead as Projectionist, Chen Shiang-Chyi as Ticket Woman, Kiyonobu Mitamura as Japanese Tourist, and Miao Tian as Self. Written by Tsai Ming-liang.

Shelv files it under loneliness, cinema on cinema, rain, and movie theater. It streams on Kino Film Collection and Metrograph in the United States.

Satantango, I Saw the TV Glow, and Fallen Leaves make useful companions to Goodbye, Dragon Inn, all filed under art house. It scores 6.8 out of 10 from 193 TMDB voters.