Has an unusual pace and approach to narrative to it - not just in its slowness and ellipses, but also in how the interiority of its central character's motivations is thereby framed. There's something almost abstract about it - all the essential elements of a martial arts film present, but distilled and filtered to emerge as something unusual and elusive. I'm not sure how much I enjoyed The Assassin, but it left an impression.
(w/ Rob)
(w/ Rob)
