‘Kaili Blues’ director Bi Gan delivers a languorous noir love story of superficial visual beauty, culminating in an hour-long extended take.
Tracking a lovelorn drifter’s return to his hometown of Kaili in Southwest China, emerging independent auteur Bi Gan’s sophomore feature “Long Day’s Journey Into Night” is one long pose featuring a virtuoso long take, though the film itself comes up short in substance. Plunging viewers into an extended dream sequence in the name of abstract […]
