Hou Hsiao-hsien Retired from Filmmaking Due to Battle with Dementia
 

https://www.indiewire.com/news/gener...ia-1234919475/

It's tragic news to hear that Hou Hsiao-hsien has retired from filmmaking due to his dementia. According to IndieWire, the news was first announced by Tony Rayns at a screening of Hou’s 1985 film “A Time to Live and a Time to Die” in London on October 23. Several sources have confirmed the news, and it seems that Hou’s long-awaited project “Shulan River” will never be realized.

This is a huge loss for film.

Re: Hou Hsiao-hsien Retired from Filmmaking Due to Battle with Dementi
 

This is awful news. I've seen a couple of his films, Flowers of Shanghai probably being the most well known. I have been meaning to check out City of Sadness and Dust in the Wind for ages.

Re: Hou Hsiao-hsien Retired from Filmmaking Due to Battle with Dementi
 

His films were always so hypnotic, contemplative, and undeniable. This is definitely a tragedy.

One of my favorite directors.
Dust in the Wind
A Time to Live, A Time to Die
Daughter of the Nile
The Assassin
Flowers of Shanghai

Each one so beautiful to watch. Truly a loss for cinema.

Re: Hou Hsiao-hsien Retired from Filmmaking Due to Battle with Dementi
 

Just saw and learned of this now :(