Rebels of the Neon God (1992)

I loved Rebels of the Neon God (青少年哪吒). It's a lonely tale of young, disaffected urbanites. This film feels less existential than later Tsai Ming-Liang films. In Rebels of the Neon God, the characters' loneliness seems like something unique to them (and maybe their generation.) We seem to be in a real Taipei and not the later, haunted, disturbed Taipei of The Hole, The Wayward Cloud, I Don't Want to Sleep Alone, and Tsai's even later films. Either way, Rebels of the Neon God is an incredible debut. I enjoyed this film a lot, and falling in love with Lee Kang-sheng is easy. I can see why Tsai did.