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- Intricately constructed and persuasively played by the two good-looking young leads, “Suzhou River” works both as a teasing, seductive mystery full of understated noirish touches and as a somber melodrama about love and loss with an emotionally resonating, tragic final act.
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Feb 21, 2023 · “Suzhou River,” Reviewed: Gangland Romance as Political Critique. The Chinese filmmaker Lou Ye’s daring drama, from 2000, eludes censorship by means of intricate storytelling. By Richard...
Nov 3, 2000 · 91% Tomatometer 35 Reviews 83% Audience Score 2,500+ Ratings Along the banks of the Suzhou River, which winds precariously through Shanghai, Marda (Jia Hongshen) falls in love with a...
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Feb 22, 2023 · Strand Releasing’s 4K restoration of Lou Ye’s arthouse romance “Suzhou River” gives new life to a modern classic, while retaining the film's gritty essence. ‘Suzhou River’ began its theatrical run at Film Forum this Friday, Feb. 17.
TOP CRITIC. this mystery romance is a hybrid creature, split between truth and fiction, idealism and cynicism, and unfolding along a river where there are many stories, where everything is in...
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Suzhou River is narrated by a largely unseen, anonymous videographer (Hua Zhongkai) whose stenciled advertisements for his business are ever-present on the faded, crumbling facades of the waterfront’s abandoned buildings. From his balcony, the videographer is able to watch everyone coming and going along the river — including his girlfriend, Meimei...
With the film’s central focus being a man’s obsession with figuring out whether a mysterious lookalike is the same woman he previously loved and lost, it is impossible not to see the influence of Vertigo on Suzhou River. Yet Lou’s film is no mereHitchc*ck knockoff but a stylish cinematic accomplishment in its own right. The film is shot with a hand...
Even when Suzhou Riverreaches its conclusion — one that I have to say I was not a fan of, despite enjoying everything else leading up to that moment — it’s difficult to say whether the mystery has actually been solved; rather, it feels as though many more mysteries have been birthed in its wake, like ripples resulting from a stone being thrown in t...
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Nov 8, 2000 · By Indiewire. November 8, 2000 2:00 am. Share. REVIEW: "Suzhou River," It's Deja Vu All Over Again. by Mark Peranson. [EDITOR’S NOTE: Mark Peranson reviewed “Suzhou River” for indieWIRE...
Jan 1, 2000 · 16 Nov 2000. Running Time: 83 minutes. Certificate: 15. Original Title: Suzhou River. With this stylish noir, sophomore director Lou Ye conjures up an unseen videographer, whose narration...
