In Johnnie To's Drug War, the master of the violent showdown weaves a tapestry in code.
by Ben Sachs
The design of Johnnie To's latest masterpiece resembles a tapestry. Drug War proceeds mainly in short takes, and the editing (supervised by To's longtime collaborator David Richardson) brings them together in a manner akin to cross-stitching, cutting between radically different perspectives and kinds of movement within the frame.…[ Read more ]