Stunned by Anh Hung Tran's adaptation of Murakami's novel. Not sure the transition from text to screen worked; Murakami's interior monologues were translated into beautiful shots of nature and expansive terrains, rendering the characters' development so silent as to be sinister. Beautifully subtle and delicately sculpted imagery meant that almost each and every frame could stand alone in a photographic exhibition, for example. The intensity of imagery, silence and music (by Radiohead's Johnny Greenwood) made this 1960s Japanese love story one of the most harrowing and beautiful cinematic experiences for a while.
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