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Film Screening: The Assassin
Cornell University East Asia Program hosts a screening of award-winning film The Assassin by Hou Hsiao-hsien
When:
February 6, 2016 7:00pm
Where
2015 > Taiwan > Directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien
With Qi Shu, Chen Chang, Satoshi, Tsumabuki
Back with his first film in eight years, legendary Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien wowed last year's Cannes Film Festival (where he won Best Director) with his awe-inspiring take on the traditional wuxia film. Rich with shimmering, breathing texture and punctuated by brief but unforgettable bursts of action, The Assassin is a martial arts film like none made before it. Taiwan's submission for Best Foreign Film Oscar. Subtitled. Cosponsored with the Chinese Students & Scholars Association. More at wellgousa.com/theatrical/the-assassin
$8.50 general admission/$6.50 seniors/ $6 CU graduate students/$5.50 students and kids 12 & under
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