Slow films aren’t for everyone, and nor should they be. Certain films demand patience as they take you for a relaxing ride, revealing their inner workings at a leisurely pace. Such is the case for Niu Xiaoyu’s “Virgin Blue”, a slow, soft, and consistently confusing film, but not one that’s without moments of stark humanity and longing. Oh, and bear costumes.
Virgin Blue is screening on New York Asian Film Festival
Yezi (Yezi) is a college graduate who decides to stay with her grandmother (Shengzhi Zheng) for the summer. The two struggle to sleep and find themselves daydreaming when awake, wandering through a quiet existence. As the summer drags on, Yezi finds herself soaking in the memories of her childhood and family, eventually finding herself unable to distinguish dreams from reality.
Yezi sleepwalks through her mostly sedentary life at an achingly slow pace, with the line between...
Virgin Blue is screening on New York Asian Film Festival
Yezi (Yezi) is a college graduate who decides to stay with her grandmother (Shengzhi Zheng) for the summer. The two struggle to sleep and find themselves daydreaming when awake, wandering through a quiet existence. As the summer drags on, Yezi finds herself soaking in the memories of her childhood and family, eventually finding herself unable to distinguish dreams from reality.
Yezi sleepwalks through her mostly sedentary life at an achingly slow pace, with the line between...
- 7/31/2022
- by Tom Wilmot
- AsianMoviePulse
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