Editing
I don't know what I think about this film. There was about 5 minutes that absolutely thrilled me though. When Ismael is talking to the female nurse about "China Girl" and there is this absolutely amazing jump cutting from different angles around them with the two actors seeming to get closer and farther apart in one of the most sensual scenes that I've seen in a film. Then when he goes outside I remember being impressed by the scene with the "China Girl" and Ismael but can't remember why exactly. It must have been the abrupt distress that the previous scene caused.
Ismael's story was without a doubt the most interesting and I would've loved to have seen more. But perhaps without Nora's (?) story it wouldn't have felt so good.
Favorite scenes anyone?