“Interesting” isn’t really a word I want to use in describing Black Coal, Thin Ice helmer Diao Yi’nan’s use of the Boney M. song, Rasputin in the trailer for his latest, The Wild Goose Lake. But really, it is!
To date, it was all but fascinating freebooted viral video content on Facebook, so this sort of populist minding of music in the trailer to highlight what Screen Anarchy critic Dustin Chang calls “a rain-soaked tropical noir” with “Takashi Miike level inventiveness”, sort of speaks to the senses.
A gang leader on the run seeking redemption… A girl in trouble risking everything to gain her freedom… Both hunted on the hidden shores of The Wild Goose Lake. They set a deadly gamble for what may be their last day.
Starring Hu Ge, Liao Fan, Gwei Lun-mei and Wan Qian, the film is currently circulating festivals with rousing approval from most critics, including at this year’s 57th New York Film Festival. The film opens in China on December 6.
