It seemed to me that Suzhou River showed a strong Wong influence.
To me, it also showed a strong Jia Zhang-ke (Xiao Wu) influence.
I won't give the metacritic score of Suzhou River but I'll quote one of the review lines: "deliciously confusing." Well, yes. But does that a "Hitichcockian" feature?
I will, it got a 76 and to quote another mainstream critic we don't know, "Seems deeply influenced by American film noir, the Western fairy tale (in this case, mermaids) and the works of Alfred Hitchcock in particular."
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