5. Long Day's Journey
into Night
One of the most fascinating films that have been released
this year is this poetic romantic dark drama that has a striking particularity:
the last act is shot to be seen in 3D. The experience is surprising and
sweeping. Far from the conventional narrative, I advise being carried away by
the elegant staging and talent of Bi Gan to create deep, ingenious and
beautiful images. It may be slow; but its impact remains.
The argument of ‘Long Journey to the Night”, like that of
any film that is more a sensory experience than a narrative proposal, it can
transpire a certain banality: Luo Hongwu (Jue Huang) returns to the city of
Kaili, where he was born, in search of a woman he fell in love in the past and
who only retains a name, who knows if it is true. The views are exchanged, the
time lines merge and, when he finds a definite clue about his whereabouts, the
protagonist enters a cinema that transports him to an unreal area, perhaps from
the subconscious, perhaps more reliable than the first half of the movie, and
will continue searching while time finally falls apart.
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