Written and Directed by: Chloe Zhao
Premiered at Sundance Film Festival 2015
Nominated for Camera d'Or at Cannes.
I was very excited to see that the film has a similar visual grammar to Nomadland. It's shot in a way that feels so real, intimate and improvised. It's like a moment happened and they just pointed the camera at it. Chloe Zhao says that to make something feel like this, it actually takes thrice the amount of preparation. It seems counter intuitive but preparation is what leads them to able to shoot something like that apparently. Another huge part of the visual language of the film is the non continuity editing. This makes it feel like the film in whole creates a feeling rather than it being a compilation of scenes. Except for conversations, almost every cut in the film is non continuous and it subconsciously makes us used to that visual grammar.
It's a beautiful, bittersweet coming of age story. The setting is a bit harsh, but the way they shoot it is beautiful. The way they capture landscapes, B-roll, small moments, the usage of music, etc. Chloe Zhao has a particular liking for wind. Wind is pretty dramatic, and she captures characters just looking at nothing and just standing in the wind. I remember the terrific beach scene in Nomadland. With such a strong visual language, and a directorial voice, I'm curious to see what she does in her next film with MCU.
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