Review of Landscape in the Mist (1988) by Y'ng Y — 28 Jun 2009

The Angelopoulos treatment of abstract themes is carried out with an epic grandeur yet touching on a human level. Two children on a futile journey in search of their lost father who may not have existed in distant Germany which may also have been a fictional detail.

Amidst the dreary depressive landscape traversed, there are some magnificent moments of a huge sculpted hand being airlifted from the waters followed by a quote from Rilke, to mention the crudest, as my words fail to accurately capture the subtle power of many other scenes.