Metaphor, allegory. There's a drought in Taiwan. Watermelon are abundant and become juice, food, something to share with a guest, and an aphrodisiac. In a large building of flats, Hsiao-Kang and Shiang-chyi's paths cross; she knew him when he sold watches, now he acts in pornographic films. She scavenges for plastic water bottles. He bathes in the building's cistern. Fantasy song and dance numbers punctuate the characters' nearly aimless pursuits: she has lost her keys and he... (Full plot summary below)
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Metaphor, allegory. There's a drought in Taiwan. Watermelon are abundant and become juice, food, something to share with a guest, and an aphrodisiac. In a large building of flats, Hsiao-Kang and Shiang-chyi's paths cross; she knew him when he sold watches, now he acts in pornographic films. She scavenges for plastic water bottles. He bathes in the building's cistern. Fantasy song and dance numbers punctuate the characters' nearly aimless pursuits: she has lost her keys and he helps her find them; he naps in a park, she watches; he smokes on the floor beneath her kitchen table while she sits. His film-making continues. Can they connect?
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| NewsBlazeKam WilliamsA curiously-compelling and impossible to pigeonhole romantic romp which blurs the line between pornography and legit cinema in magnificent fashion. |
| Filmcritic.comChris CabinThe Wayward Cloud finds Ming-liang in a rut and unable to elevate his neon wilderness to the heights of the rest of his consistently fascinating oeuvre. |
| Financial TimesNigel AndrewsCharacters make love, make meals, make conversation - though not much - and in moments of transcendence remake the world according to their fantasies and longings. |
| Daily Telegraph (UK)Tim RobeySo extravagantly, hilariously rude as to be almost indescribable. |
| Empire MagazineDavid ParkinsonWrongly branded misogynist by PC kneejerkers, this is a scathing assault on the exploitative nature of pornography and the emptiness of sex without love. |
| New York PostV.A. MusettoThe director is, you won't be surprised to learn, Tsai Ming-laing, whose deadpan humor and minimalist lensing has made him a god among film geeks. |
| Village VoiceNathan LeeThe Wayward Cloud fails as allegory, human story, anti-porn screed, postmodern musical, and even formal delight (Tsai's emptied-out aesthetic has never felt so empty, his mannerisms so pointlessly mannered), but it seems to have worked well enough as a necessary purge. |
| Time OutGeoff AndrewA witty, insightful and typically idiosyncratic continuation of Tsai's earlier features. |
| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. AndersonThe Wayward Cloud is indeed a unique experience... sometimes shocking and often funny. |
| Time OutWally HammondThe film’s meandering, surrealist-kissed, early scenes dance nicely in time with his urban protagonist’s disconnected, existential malaise. |
