As funny as Vive L’Amour can be, it’s the intense stillness that grips the characters that defines the film.

An almost wordless drama and a social satire about the disconnectedness and loneliness of modern living.

While I'm generally a sucker for movies about the connections made (or missed) by lonely people -- monumental works like Wild Strawberries, The Accidental Tourist, Three Colors: Blue, and Lost in Translation -- this one left me a bit chilly.

...Tsais cinematic style is not subjects to the peaks and valleys of au courant tastes. Its timeless.