Suzhou River details
| Format: | 15 DVD |
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| Starring: | Zhou Xun, Nai An, Jia Hongshen |
| Director: | Lou Ye |
| Genres: | Drama - General, World Cinema - Chinese |
| Studio: | FUSION MEDIA |
| Name | Discs | |
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Suzhou River |
15 Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 1 hour 23 minutes |
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| Rental release: | 08 Dec 2003 |
| Main languages: | Mandarin |
| Subtitles: | English |
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Unusual and very compelling
By Jamie from North Yorkshire , 09 Jan 2006[Highly rated reviewer]
Suzhou River is filmed from the point of view of a video photographer who makes a living filming parties, weddings etc for paying customers. Hence the whole film is shot in a rough and ready handicam style which seems devicive at first but rapidly becomes believable and voyeuristic. The films story is based on this mans invented love story, inspired by his mysterious and secretive girlfriend. But a plot twist halfway through takes the story to another level and it really grips the imagination and tugs at the heartstrings without ever falling into saccharine schmuck.
The ending is satifyingly short, unsentimental and believable, when it could have been terrible, and leaves you thinking about the film for days.
Altogether, highly recommended.- Was this review helpful to you?
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(18)desolation angels
By juradino (811 reviews) from London , 29 Jul 2011Two parallel love stories unfold as seen through the eye of video camera held by their narrator. Urban landscape contains its polemic about life and death resembling river or road. Shot in style that is reminiscent of documentary type rock video it moves at pace and never ceases to be intriguing.- Was this review helpful to you?
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S river
By Lesley (37 reviews) from London , 30 Mar 2009Really Slow. I was bored and didn't watch to the end. Plot seems to be, boy meets girl, they quarrel, later he meets her (or does he)..well i couldn't care less if it's her or not. Shame as it had a promising start.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Better than "Vertigo"
By a customer from London , 01 Mar 2009Although this film covers a lot of the same ground as Hitchcock's 'Vertigo', it's a superior picture: tighter, simpler, more emotionally true.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Urban myth
By a customer from Bath , 18 Jan 2009This is Vertigo reset in Shanghai complete with urban mermaids and buffalo grass vodka. A film that succeeds in mixing urban alienation and mystical love story in a way that equals Wong Kar Wai at his best. A haunting meditation on desire and illusion.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Trying too hard
By a customer from London , 02 Dec 2008I felt it was a Chinese film trying to impersonate a French one.- Was this review helpful to you?
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