2012 · documentary · essay · experimental
The Last Time I Saw Macao
Directed by João Pedro Rodrigues, João Rui Guerra da Mata1h 25m2012
A filmmaker returns to Macao, China, to help a friend who is in trouble.
Our read: The Last Time I Saw Macao (2012) reads as a sombre, slow-burn, surreal documentary · essay · experimental entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, slow-burn, measured documentary / essay, surreal in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, measured.
- sombre
- slow-burn
- surreal
- signature
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