De Palma does a Vertigo–Rear Window remix and drenches it in a *thick* bath of sleaze.
De Palma does a Vertigo–Rear Window remix and drenches it in a *thick* bath of sleaze.
Contender for best first and final shot of a film.
Was slightly afraid to revisit this after more than 10 years since I always kept it in such high regard, but was even better than I remembered.
“I want to dissolve the boundaries of factual reality, fantasies and dreams. In many films that are shot in colour, when there’s a flashback or a dream it’s shown in black-and-white. Here, everything is in black-and-white, and you really have to judge based on the content itself.”
(Zheng Lu Xinyuan)
In Zheng Lu Xinyuan’s first feature film she examines relationships and feelings in the ever-changing urban landscape of Hangzhou. The story itself is pretty bare bones: college student Muzi returns…
Did I enjoy it?
Not really..
Do I think this is one of the most radical pieces of cinema I’ve ever seen?
Hell yeah!