The Yangtze is the river of rivers. It probably facilitates more commercial traffic than the Mississippi and definitely carries more ancient baggage than the Nile. Gao Chun also has his share of both.
His slightly dubious delivery up-river will take a massively allegorical turn in Yang Chao’s beautiful but obscure “Crosscurrent,” which had its American premiere as the opening night film of ”Luminosity,” MoMA’s retrospective tribute to cinematographer Mark Lee Ping-Bing.
Visually, 'Crosscurrent' is a masterwork of light and color.
