Non-Existent “Liuchuan”—Review of “The Long Confession”

Abstract

Following the two works “A Quiet Dream” (2016) and “Fukuoka” (2019), Director Zhang Lu once again interpreted a new “three-person” story in “The Long Confession” (2021). This article, based on Foucault’s “heterotopia” theory, analyzes Director Zhang Lu’s work from three dimensions: “the cross regional nature of fragmented memory, the fluidity of emotional rivers, and the polysemy of character language.” The aim is to observe and explore the director’s profound thinking on memory, emotions, language, and image itself, as well as the complexity, variability, and captivating beauty of human emotions.