Collections/August 2023

Three by Lou Ye

Frequently working in defiance of state censorship, Lou Ye has emerged as one of the edgiest and most controversial of China’s Sixth Generation of filmmakers. Singled out for praise by his contemporary Jia Zhangke, Lou belongs to a cohort of artists who have forged a subversive, radically personal cinema to tell the human stories of those left behind by the country’s rapid industrialization. Distinguished by their dynamic handheld camerawork and dreamlike rhythms, the mesmerizing identity mysteries Suzhou River and Saturday Fiction toy with the conventions of film noir and the Hitchcockian thriller, while Spring Fever explores disillusionment and desire through a haunting queer love triangle.

3 films — 1 on the Channel, 2 unavailable