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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Caught Shadow (Zhang Yimou) on Netflix over the weekend. Highly recommend. Slow and confusing for the first half hour, with interwoven plots and deceptions that are only revealed gradually. Then it turns into a wildly imaginative action film. Then a Shakespearean tragedy. And it's all shot in a stunning near black and white. Not like anything else I've ever seen.
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Thanks. I had missed this release by one of my favourite directors (despite the odd misstep). Going to watch it tonight.
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