A visual review for a very visual movie:
Norah Jones debuts, with blueberry pie.
Wong Kar-wai plays with camera angles and positioning.
Rachel Weisz plays distinctly against type, and looks gorgeous, particularly with the soft-lighting treatment she gets all throughout.
The visual technique of looking through the windows is quite strong, and plays out the theme underlying the movie.
You may be beginning to guess that this movie is mostly at night…
Not really helped by placeholders such as this for daytime. (fear not, there’s at least 3 scenes in full daylight).
But even Nat Portman with a languid southern drawl can’t save the movie from its underwhelming plot. Gorgeous cinematography, but beyond the visuals there’s not much to it.