Suzhou River

This worked worked Filthy and unpolished camera work throws you straight in and doesn’t let you out of the slightly trippy narrative until everything becomes clear (mostly) and it feels like everything falls into place even tho it was all there the whole time Nothing here was so surprising as it lays the parallel stories out so cleverly, so you still feel engaged with any twists and turns of the story but it’s never too shocking to be unsatisfying  I connected with the characters not necessarily emotionally, but more through the structure and in the little empty pockets between seeing the events take place  In these moments it felt like entering a dream, or someone’s memories  This effect on its own is pretty well achieved in a lot of films that attempt it, but I’ve seen few that can use it in a way that supports an entire film This did that and I loved it  It had that same moderation perfected between things happening and making sense with a more complex plot then balanced with the vibes - the empty pockets I mentioned Here things could make less sense, bc they were contextualised by the more complicated actual happenings of the film  This same balance is what make WkW’s Fallen Angels one of the greatest cinematic inventions I’ve seen in my opinion, so seeing it again here was so fun  (I rlly want to watch more WkW to see if it works out again but I’ve not got round to it yet) regardless big big fan of this Had something I wanted to say in this review and I hope it made sense ?? So rewarding to see the vibes plot blended with a more complex narrative