Love this film, its odd pacing, its dark comic edge, its utter disdain for cops, and the hyperreal nocturnal Hong Kong setting.
Do not love the protagonist’s chin mole and all the shoulder-length hair coming out of it. I’m sorry to be superficial but come on dude 😭
I've liked and respected a lot of Sofia Coppola's work before, but never been so heart-piercingly touched by any of her films, and loved one so wholly. A glossy, intentionally hollow, suffocatingly pretty motion picture full of deeply-felt yearning, thwarted desire, and pain, in an era where there was no vocabulary to describe the dynamics of what was happening.
One of the most moving depictions of feminine abjection, persona-creation, and loss of identity. It understands how intoxicating and sexy and…
Overheard a girl next to me say ‘All it was was Austin Butler poncing around and biting his lip’, to which I say ….. and your problem is?
Basically everything I want from a motion picture tbh.
