
A silent Chinese feature film
That gut-wrenching feeling you have while watching it is okay but needed, and you, the viewer, will be okay.
It's not love. It's Obsession. The hook of this movie is the tension between wanting to be loved and the fear of being all-encompassed by that love. It plays on men’s typical (though certainly not universal) inner-conflict
The original series is now on Netflix, you should definitely give it a watch. And if you’ve already seen it, watch it again.
Treated like a granter of wishes for those earning out of retelling the same tragedy, Marilyn looks like she's caged in different stages of trauma for us to stare at, instead of someone we’ve finally allowed to rest in peace.
If you want to feel the rush, you have to take the risk.