Journey to the West 2014 123movies

Watch: 西遊 2014 123movies, Full Movie Online – Tsai Ming-liang returns with this latest entry in his Walker series, in which his monk acquires an unexpected acolyte in the form of Denis Lavant as he makes his way through the streets of a sun-dappled Marseille..
Plot: A Buddhist monk walks barefoot and incredibly slowly through Marseille – so slowly, that his progress is barely perceptible and he becomes a calming influence in the midst of the town’s goings-on.
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Ratings:

	6.8/10 Votes: 852
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Reviews:

Something a very unique achievement to video document!
This is nothing like anything I have ever seen before. Quite an interesting film, but not for everyone. Yep, I thought it was boring in the opening, but later I get used to it and began to analyse. A film that has only a concept, but there’s no beginning or the ending. However, displaying the film subject in the variety of angles was stunning. Sometimes I was keenly looking for where the subject has gone. At sometime it felt like a lazy afternoon under the shades while bright sunlight was on the other side.

It was a Taiwan-French co-production and an hour long film that documents a Buddhist monk who has undertaken a slow walk procession in the streets of southern France coast city Marseille which is accompanied by a French actor. It reminded me the recent animation I had seen ‘Zootopia’, where sloths comes into the scene. Had so much fun, but in not here.

I don’t know what the monk did was called, but definitely it is a fine study material. Like in this modern world where everything is fast and superfast, what it would be like being superslow and how people reacts to it. Actually, many were simply minding their own business, but a few were curiously looking at, like a cultural and/or the religious difference is something to do with it. A cool film, an art film, but not recommended unless you’re not looking for the entertainment only.

7/10

More of an art installation than a film
Tsai Ming-liang has made narrative films, but this is not one of them. Here he and Kang-sheng Lee try to capture the essence of Zen on film. No beginning, no end, no story, no meaning. Just being, and awareness. Total awareness of every step you take on your path. I left the theatre calm and soothed, and carried the feeling with me.

I admire Lee for his devotion and vulnerability. His slow walk must have required rigorous training and discipline, and application. Only by reaching that Zen state of mind could he descend those stairs the way he did. And walking through the crowded streets of Marseille like that, even though there must have been some security around, took courage.

This is not a narrative film to consume as entertainment. It is the registration of an event, and it reaches out on a much deeper level.

Other Information:

Original Language fr
Runtime 56 min
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated N/A
Genre Drama
Director Ming-liang Tsai
Writer Cheng’en Wu, Ming-liang Tsai
Actors Kang-sheng Lee, Denis Lavant
Country France, Taiwan
Awards 1 nomination
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Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
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Printed Film Format DCP