I picked up this movie from my local library and had low expectations about it. However, I was pleasantly surprised by Nava’s direction and the movie’s cinematography. It has for sure been influential to other younger filmmakers (like Fukunaga).

An interesting pattern I observed is that Nava uses a medium shot, follow by a close up. He does that in almost every take of the movie.

Only complaint? the movie is too long, but a superb film nevertheless.