Hou Hsia Hsien 12: Contexts 3 - Six Suspects, 1965, Lin-Tuan-Chiu

https://notesonfilm1.com/2021/06/07/hou-hsiao-hsien-12-contexts-3-six-suspects/ We extend our thanks once more to the Taiwan Film & Audio-visual Institute for making these three Lin Tuan-Chiu films available. In this podcast we discuss Six Suspects, a 1965 mystery/noir that was never released. We discuss its peculiar flashback structure, the beauty of the imagery and composition in contrast to the other somewhat clunky aspects of narration, what the film tells us about the culture, its possible relation to Ozu in terms of compositions and to mid 60s Japanese Crime Drama in relation to look and style. A somewhat unsatisfying film that we nonetheless encourage people to see.