Winner of the Golden Bear for direction and Silver Bear for Best Actor in Berlin, “Black Coal, Thin Ice” skyrocketed Diao Yinan‘s fame in the festival circuit, despite the fact that it would take five years until his next work, “The Wild Goose Lake“
The part labyrinthal, part noir story begins in 1999, in Heilongjiang Province, when the dismembered parts of a human body appear in shipments of coal in different cities. Detective Zhang Zili is assigned to investigate, and with the help of a worker who discovers the clothes and the ID of the deceased, identify the body as coal worker Liang Zhijun. Further investigations lead Zhang, his partner Wang, and two more policemen to a parlor run by two brothers. The potential interview goes horribly wrong, with one of the suspects killing the two policemen and injuring Zhang, before he kills them both. After getting out of the hospital,...
The part labyrinthal, part noir story begins in 1999, in Heilongjiang Province, when the dismembered parts of a human body appear in shipments of coal in different cities. Detective Zhang Zili is assigned to investigate, and with the help of a worker who discovers the clothes and the ID of the deceased, identify the body as coal worker Liang Zhijun. Further investigations lead Zhang, his partner Wang, and two more policemen to a parlor run by two brothers. The potential interview goes horribly wrong, with one of the suspects killing the two policemen and injuring Zhang, before he kills them both. After getting out of the hospital,...
- 11/5/2020
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Winner for Best Cinematography, Film Score and Sound Effects at the 55th Golden Horse Awards, and a spawn of much controversy, “Kaili Blues” director Bi Gan’s second feature film is definitely a treat for the eyes, although the noir/crime package that surrounded its release is actually a “pretense” for an art-house, quite abstract work, that seems as the logical next step after his debut. Furthermore, the rather big budget allowed the director to cast actresses like Tang Wei and Sylvia Chang along with a rather experienced crew, and to present an almost hour long, one shot in 3D. Let us take things from the beginning though.
“Long Day’s Journey Into The Night” is screening at the
International Film Festival Rotterdam 2019
In the noir/crime fashion I just mentioned, Luo Hongwu, a police officer, returns to his hometown of Kaili to find that his father has died. While...
“Long Day’s Journey Into The Night” is screening at the
International Film Festival Rotterdam 2019
In the noir/crime fashion I just mentioned, Luo Hongwu, a police officer, returns to his hometown of Kaili to find that his father has died. While...
- 1/27/2019
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
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