Kailiblues is like a trance with grace and segues seamlessly between reality and memory.
Time plays in an endless loop in "Kaili Blues," it's internal and exterior landscapes where the old is being torn down in favor of the new, this import heralds an assured new cinematic voices forcing me to constantly re-watch, and reassess, the past. Mr. Bi Gan is far more interested in conveying emotion through visuals and symbols than through words or actions. There's always something curious situated beyond the characters, or on the edges of the frame - outside, a view of lush hills or decaying structures; inside, a piece of art or trash.
Tianxing Wang handheld cinematography often calls direct attention to itself, bobbing and jostling about as they mount.An impressive forty-minute tracking shot that follows Chen and several of the villagers, winding its way through the riverside town, taking shortcuts through alleyways, and at one point indulging in the rarely seen 180-degree vertical pan.
Diamond Sutra explains: "minds... are not minds, but are (expediently) called minds... neither the past, present nor future mind can be found." The same experiences recur across people and across time.
Time plays in an endless loop in "Kaili Blues," it's internal and exterior landscapes where the old is being torn down in favor of the new, this import heralds an assured new cinematic voices forcing me to constantly re-watch, and reassess, the past. Mr. Bi Gan is far more interested in conveying emotion through visuals and symbols than through words or actions. There's always something curious situated beyond the characters, or on the edges of the frame - outside, a view of lush hills or decaying structures; inside, a piece of art or trash.
Tianxing Wang handheld cinematography often calls direct attention to itself, bobbing and jostling about as they mount.An impressive forty-minute tracking shot that follows Chen and several of the villagers, winding its way through the riverside town, taking shortcuts through alleyways, and at one point indulging in the rarely seen 180-degree vertical pan.
Diamond Sutra explains: "minds... are not minds, but are (expediently) called minds... neither the past, present nor future mind can be found." The same experiences recur across people and across time.