Genre master Kiyoshi Kurosawa turns to Alfred Hitchcock for inspiration with this Venice Silver Lion-winner, a riveting tale of cloaked identities and marital distrust. Immaculately directed, this nail-biting thriller makes a reflexive case for filmmaking as the ultimate act of political subversion.
Long before winning the Silver Lion for Wife of a Spy, master genre stylist Kiyoshi Kurosawa took Cannes by surprise with this reflection on loneliness and technology. Utterly terrifying, Pulse is a prophetic, intensely eerie cult classic that is still superior to its many imitators.
Featuring interviews with Hirokazu Kore-eda, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Wang Bing, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, and Jia Zhangke, this documentary portrait provides a thorough perspective on the landmark New Taiwanese Cinema. An essential document of one of 20th century cinema’s most significant chapters.
