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JesusLp says...
4 years ago
You can really get all the Tarkovsky's influence.
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LucanReynolds says...
5 years ago
Having just stepped out a steamy shower, imagine drying your body with a warm, heavily damp towel.

A delicately lit love dream, a dream so visually ravishing and aurally astonishing. Film is the blend of visuals and audio, and films like this make me realise more and more why I love film. This Chinese art piece is stunning; I recommend to literally everyone.

Swimming through a whole planet of exposition with it scripted at every bend, even these scenes of dialogue feel dreamy and spellbinding. Usually, pure exposition is a bad thing but it's so entrancing here, that I can't help but let it go. That's just the first half though...and wow! What a magical second half! I don't think I've seen long takes quite as good as this; I was speechless.

Bi Gan, who I had never heard of until now, has allowed me to sail away, he let me take a long day and turn it into night.
:sleeping_accommodation: :zzz:
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Saint Pauly says...
5 years ago
It felt as though instead of making a film, they tried to make ART, not knowing that art cannot be made. First you make a film you love and then you hope the art magically appears when you've finished.
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Reply by LucanReynolds
5 years ago
@saint-pauly lol that's ridiculous! you are literally shitting on the entirety of the arthouse genre with that statement.
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Reply by Saint Pauly
5 years ago
@lucanreynolds Lol, I respectfully disagree. I don't think Van Gogh sat down and told himself, "I'm going to make ART now." I have the feeling he sat down and painted because it was his passion. For me, the best films are born of passion, not a need to be arty. :blush:
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Reply by Saint Pauly
5 years ago
@lucanreynolds For example, look at my recent reviews of Meteorites or All the Gods in the Sky. They are both art house fare and beautiful films because they were made from the heart, not the desire to become high art. Then look at a film called Alien Crystal Palace, where the director set out with the goal of making an arty film... and failed miserably. But that's just my opinion!
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Reply by LucanReynolds
5 years ago
@saint-pauly Van Gogh wasn't a film director. He was a painter. The basis of the arthouse genre is to DELIBERATELY be artsy and stand far away from formula, on the same level as a horror trying to be scary.<br /> Also, I have no idea what made you think this film's desire was to become high art and not from the heart in the first place. To me, it also came from the heart, and a loving heart for that matter.<br /> Sorry if I just came off too forceful in my responses and I understand and respect your opinion, it's just that I disagree with that statement. You say he tried to make art rather than a film, but what is a film? What's the definition? There is none.
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filmboicole says...
4 years ago
Bi Gan peaked into my subconscious and picked from my absolute favorite films, mixed them up, and sprinkled them into one of the most unique films I’ve ever seen.

This is a knockout. This is :asterisk_symbol::asterisk_symbol:it.:asterisk_symbol::asterisk_symbol:
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Walter Guzzo says...
4 years ago
I was looking for a more linear plot and wasn't expecting a surrealist film. Stunning cinematography and lighting, however I could not immerse myself in the story.
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Spiritualized Kaos says...
4 years ago
A very strange. Chinese story. It is impossible to understand the logic of the story. It is better to get carried away.
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