ASAKO I & II [Blu-ray] set against a visual prayer

set against a visual prayer of indelible portraiture

• The Lathe of Heaven (5 minutes)

In the very waters where Melville’s Pequod gave chase to Moby Dick

Tsai Ming-Liang has made something exquisite and rare: an elegiac

ASAKO I & II [Blu-ray] set against a visual prayerA mysterious and intoxicating pop romance, Rysuke Hamaguchis follow up to the acclaimed Happy Hour begins with Asako, a young woman who meets and falls madly in love with a drifter, Baku, who one day drifts right out of her life. Two years later, working in Tokyo, Asako sees Baku again or, rather, a young, solid businessman named Ryohei who bears a striking resemblance to her old flame. They begin building a happy life together until traces of Asakos