Long Day's Journey Into Night

Original title: Diqiu zuihou de yewan

IMDb RATING

7.1/10

9.7K

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Tang Wei in Long Day's Journey Into Night (2018)

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Drama Mystery Romance

A man went back to Guizhou, found the tracks of a mysterious woman. He recalls the summer he spent with her twenty years ago.A man went back to Guizhou, found the tracks of a mysterious woman. He recalls the summer he spent with her twenty years ago.A man went back to Guizhou, found the tracks of a mysterious woman. He recalls the summer he spent with her twenty years ago.

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IMDb RATING

7.1/10

9.7K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 15 wins & 45 nominations total

Trivia
The marketing of the film was met with major controversy after its opening. The marketing of this art film was targeted massively towards the general public, instead of art film lovers. The film opened on December 31, 2018 since it was the last day of the year and it was intended to be "a good event to celebrate the new year". It was estimated that a lot of people went to see the film without knowing that this is an art house film. This resulted in major backlash as netizens complained against the film, as well as calling the ones who appreciated it "jia wenyi (phony-artistic)". The film earned 38 million USD on the first day of opening, yet the box office of the second day was decreased by 96%.

Quotes
Lu Hongwu: Dreams rise up and I wonder if my body is made of hydrogen. And then my memories would be made of stone.

Connections
Referenced in AniMat's Crazy Cartoon Cast: The End of that Stupid Hashtag (2020)

Soundtracks
Jasper Night
theme song performed by Hebe Tien
composed by Tianyi Xiong

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Featured review

7/10

Rare consequential use of 3-D

I was ten years old in 1953 during the first heyday of 3-D movies. In the years since the novelty wore off, I have been sadly disappointed how few and far between memorable ones have been. WINGS OF COURAGE, POLAR EXPRESS, HUGO, AVATAR, THE FINEST HOURS and this film are pretty much the lot. Nevertheless, there is ubiquitous movie house 3-D capability, and lots of cheesy up-conversions of films made neither in nor for 3-D to occupy them. Alas, serious film makers have generally concluded that 3-D adds too little value to be worth the trouble.

LONG DAY'S JOURNEY is a live action evocation of a Munga-style comic. The second half is a dream sequence, set apart by what must be the first 3-D ever done with steady-cam. The story and characters did not particularly resonate with me. The many filmgoers who have never had the opportunity to see the "classics" of 3-D properly exhibited can recapture a good deal of the excitement here.