I wanted to like this more than I did. I've been reading about this movie since it premiered at Cannes last year, about its grand ambition and enthralling cinematography. Yes, that tracking shot is astonishing. Nearly an hour long (in 3D in the cinema though I saw it on a plane), the tracking shot features a trick billiards shot that threatens to derail the whole thing. Bi Gan deserves all the praise he gets. It is visually stunning. But he can work on his storytelling a little bit. Maybe it's my fault I couldn't follow it, but I'm going to blame it on him.
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