The Hole [Newly Struck 35mm Print]

It’s the close of the millennium and Taipei has emptied out with the onset of a mysterious virus, but The Man Upstairs (Lee Kang-sheng) and The Woman Downstairs (Yang Kuei-mei) lag behind among the ruins, where it doesn’t seem like there’s really much world to end, but maybe a last chance at communication through a breach between their apartments that slowly widens through Tsai’s downbeat, glum-funny dystopian masterpiece. Tsai's beloved film returns to Metrograph for a weeklong run on a newly struck 35mm print, approved by Tsai himself.