Goodbye, Dragon Inn is an essay written by film critic, Nick Pinkerton.

In the first title of the Decadent Editions series, Nick Pinkerton explores an important question: Is cinema really dying? As movie houses close and corporations dominate, the art form is at risk of changing beyond recognition. In this wide-ranging and elegiac essay, Nick Pinkerton reflects upon Tsai Ming-liang’s 2003 film Goodbye, Dragon Inn, a modern classic haunted by the ghosts and portents of a culture in flux.

About the film
In an old Taipei movie theatre, on the eve of a ‘temporary closing’, King Hu’s 1967 wuxia classic Dragon Inn plays to a dwindling audience. Lonely souls cruise the aisles for companionship while two actors from Hu’s film watch themselves writ large, perhaps for the last time.

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Written by Nick Pinkerton
Published by Fireflies Press
Language: English,
Format: Softcover, 240 pages
ISBN-13: 9783981918670
Publication Date: March 2021