From a conversation on a film board:
A Judd Apatow movie for snobs? I haven't read anything else about it aside from skimming the SMz page, but at least during the first half it seems mostly about lovingly poking fun at artsy people a la Hong. The second half leans more toward loving than poking fun, but it still doesn't strike me that Green is as dogmatically devoted to art as the end-all be-all as that Chen guy makes it seem. But then again judging by the one paragraph I struggled through of his assessment of Green's oeuvre, we're probably each getting out what we put in. I didn't find the girl's suicide funny or enormously sad but I thought the guy's attempt was by far the best part of the film. The confrontation in the church makes that Top of the Lake guru seem like not the worst. I'm guessing Green got chewed out in front of the whole class by some professor for doodling her instead of paying attention and waited like twenty years to really tell her what he thought of her in front of the whole world or some shit. What a fucking obnoxious scene. I'm sure it's telling that Guigui is undoubtedly my favorite character and the only one from the movie I'd want to hand out with in real life. I like how Green's almost daring his nerdy-ass festival audiences to call him homophobic. Come off it son, I know what game you're playing. This is the second film in a row I've seen compared to Bresson; in both cases I see where it's coming from but I don't really buy either one. Highway Patrolman definitely had that Bresson-type story and this definitely has that Bresson-type style (in some regards, anyhow), but neither of them have a Bresson vibe remotely. In addition to the obvious plot similarities, though, I liked the visual homages to Four Nights of the Dreamer. Also of course pretty dang funny before the plot kicked in so much.
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