I sat for ten minutes of "Goodbye South, Goodbye" and left without regretting it.  I also sat through all of "City of Sadness" and didn't like it, so definitely the appeal of Hou's movies are lost on me.  On the other hand, Tsai Ming-Liang, speaking of Taiwanese directors, is thoroughly mesmerizing to me; I loved "Vive L'Amour" and "The Hole" very much.