The Wayward Cloud

May. 19,2005      
Rating:
6.5
Trailer Synopsis Cast

Hsiao-Kang, now working as an adult movie actor, meets Shiang-chyi once again. Meanwhile, the city of Taipei faces a water shortage that makes the sales of watermelons skyrocket.

Lee Kang-sheng as  Hsiao-Kang
Chen Shiang-Chyi as  Shiang-chyi
Lu Yi-ching as  Mother
Yang Kuei-Mei as  Taiwanese Porn Actress

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Reviews

Wordiezett
2005/05/19

So much average

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Afouotos
2005/05/20

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

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Kailansorac
2005/05/21

Clever, believable, and super fun to watch. It totally has replay value.

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filippaberry84
2005/05/22

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

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maggie19851002
2005/05/23

The sex scene is disgusting? Yes it meant to be disgusting. The truth is that porn industry exploits sex and porn stars. It is reality. reality not only bites but can also be very annoying. Unlike what we see in porn movies they acted as if they enjoyed the sex. What we see in porn movies isn't real and therefore we can be turned on. Through the camera a lot of things can be hid. But this film was supposed to reveal the truth behind the camera of porn movies. The final scene (sex of love) is the contrast with porn sex. Yes, I felt disturbed at the scene of the woman unconscious. But that's how Tsai emphasizes the dehumanization of the porn industry. You never know the feeling of heartbreak until you see the actors in the porn you rent are people you know or even care about. Before that you might be doing whatever to yourself... Finally, Wayward Cloud is not only artistic-and-that's-all, basically it's a movie full of sensitivity, compassion and love. I don't see why people described it as nonsense or bullshit. BTW, is it a bias that a commentator from US actually believed Taiwanese people have sex with watermelon?

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revolutioner
2005/05/24

Cannot remember screening a film that managed to be so incredibly slow, incoherent, and boring but at the same time manages to offend its audience. Director Tsai somehow pulled it off.Funny, I checked the spoiler box because I was including a description of a scene from the film but could revealing ANY scene in "Wayward Cloud" be considered a SPOILER? Would one really be giving anything away? There's really no point in detailing what there was of a plot. Suffice it to say that the theme of "isolation" runs throughout. One of the ways Tsai makes his point is by showing a pornographic film crew shooting a sex scene with an actress that is dead. That's right, folks...necrophilia is BACK!Here's a tip: any time a film starts off with a three minute plus scene where the camera doesn't move, just leave the theater immediately and save yourself two hours of being bored and annoyed.

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oleg_teabaum
2005/05/25

they have sex with melons in Asia.okay. first, i doubted that, but after seeing the wayward cloud, i changed my mind and was finally convinced that they have sex with watermelons, with people dead or alive. no safe sex of course. the (terrifyingly ugly) leading man shoots it all into the lady's mouth after he did the dead lady. never heard of HIV? guess not.the rest of this movie is mainly boring, but also incredibly revolting. as a matter of fact, in parts it got so disgusting i couldn't take my virgin eyes off. sex with dead people! how gross is that? and what's the message behind it all? we need water, we need melons, we need to be dead to have sex? sorry, but this stinks!

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holymartin
2005/05/26

The movie is actually too slow. There are some nice images but it cannot outweigh the fact that the movie is in fact boring. You see a sexual intercourse a lot of watermelons and a sexual intercourse while eating a melon and maybe a little bit more. It may sound even interesting to someone but believe me to watch it for 2 hours isn't fun at all. Though you laugh several times but it's really not enough and it may be more out of despair and disbelieve than out of fun. To disturb the boredom director tries to put few movie video-clips into the movie. They are really colorful clips of absurd songs maybe from the 50's but it's hard to say exactly and they are trying to be funny so hard that it's really sad. Several times you have a feeling that the plot could evolve into something, that a powerful scene is being created but at the end it just somehow evaporates and that's it. Beside the clips there are hardly any dialogs let alone music. The director is trying to be original and artistic at all cost. Personally I cannot recommend the movie. I believe that art is something that shouldn't be boring. During the projection there was yawning all around the cinema which just corroborates my short review.

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