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I'm a big fan of films that can portray a strong feeling of beauty, in what is an essentially "normal" situation. This film, split into 2 main stories is an amazing treat if you like films that place more emphasis on visual stimulation than coherent story line. | | LOG IN TO COMMENT ON THIS REVIEW! |
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| | | | | A case of an author driven mad by his master's protection. The two stories about the beginnings and ends of a first romance have potential. But the director lacks confidence. He makes changes right and left, and employs an alienated VO to rough up the stories' sensitivity. The result is an exercise in masochism; and what is most precious goes under the weight of garbage. All the wailing in front of the camera and all the gibberish behind the images are merely an exhibition of how I lost my self inside myself. A fine disaster for a young director. | | LOG IN TO COMMENT ON THIS REVIEW! |
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| | | | | Since the emotions are real and sincere, we should be content and not make demands. The "First Love" is in fact the first love between Eric Kot and film (though first love does not mean first encounter). To call it a new narrative style when the filmmaker appears all-too-frequently on screen is less appropriate than to say it destroys the intrinsic relationship between the two stories (replacing something integral by something alien). Thus Eric Kot's charm as an actor is a plus as well as an obstacle. | | LOG IN TO COMMENT ON THIS REVIEW! |
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| | | | | The omnipresent voice-over caused me to wonder if I was watching a "radio film". Obviously the director is unconvinced about the natural ability of images to tell stories. The hand-held videocam images (likely shot at a later stage) and those shot on film are incongruous. A variation on a "Chungking Expressque" structure? The many segments of the "First Love" story pale before Karen Mok's "love-sick" performance in the "Post Love" story. Sometimes it is more moving to take a low-key approach than to wail and cry before the camera. | | LOG IN TO COMMENT ON THIS REVIEW! |
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