New York Film Festival 2019 (forum)

[Chris Knipp]

Wild Goose Lake

Coming tomorrow: The Wild Goose Lake 南方车站的聚会 Chinese director Diao Yinan's much anticipated follow-up to his breakthrough noir Black Coal. Jessica Kiang of Variety called it "sumptuously sleazy" but thought it was more style than substance. I thought that with Black Coal, but I can find gorgeous visual style very seductive sometimes. However, my initial prediction here,"From everything I have heard and seen about it I will probably love this new film. . ." may have been overoptimistic.