Watching Bi Gan‘s “Resurrection” is like being trapped in a dream machine that, in a single room, performs “Twin Peaks: The Return” Episode 3 on a loop, and within the different performs a marathon of your entire historical past of cinema — from silent films to postmodern vampire thrillers. And that’s very a lot an excellent factor.
IndieWire completely declares Janus Movies’ December 12 U.S. launch date for the most recent movie from the Chinese language director of 2018’s “Lengthy Day’s Journey Into Evening.” That film culminated in an extended take that required you to place in your 3D glasses. “Resurrection,” which stars Shu Qi as the girl who, in a far-off future, enters the consciousness of the one remaining creature who can dream, additionally boasts a oner for the ages, as a raincoat mafia descends on a vampire rave. The phrase “bravura sequence” will get tossed round in our elements loads, however “Resurrection” provides a very particular one.
IndieWire additionally shares the unique teaser for the movie beneath forward of its New York Movie Pageant premiere on Sunday, October 5. Watch beneath.
Right here’s the official synopsis for the movie, a abstract that also solely scratches the floor of this, a movie David Lynch could be happy with: “Unfolding over 5 chapters that function a blinding array of kinds, ‘Resurrection’ is a cascade of images united by a luminous mythopoetic conceit: in a sci-fi-coded world the place folks have misplaced the will to dream within the hopes of prolonging life, rogue ‘fantasmers’ proceed to stoke their imaginations and exist inside unreality. From this magical premise, the movie sends its ever-morphing protagonist (Jackson Yee) by way of a collection of genres, from Méliès-inflected silent fantasy to wartime thriller to con-artist buddy image to millennial vampire romance — the latter depicted in one among Bi’s customary, and ever astonishing, single takes. Even inside style parameters, the director by no means takes the street well-traveled, providing jolts and marvels round each nook. Resurrection is likely one of the most audacious and impressive presents for cinematic thrill-seekers in lots of a moon.”
Learn IndieWire’s assessment of the movie right here.
