Carnal Orient

Director Mila Zuo's stunningly grotesque film is incredibly useful in a classroom setting when teaching the male or Orientalist gaze. It's entertaining, Lynchian, and incredibly rewarding when students begin to understand the construction of racialized gender during our post-screening discussion.

Colors, food, sounds, guests, the sketch of story. A film who you feel more than see. Because it reminds David Lynch Twin Peaks , remaining more mysterious or proposing a story who could be defined by yourself in the right manner. A cook, a show, a song and a crime. The emotion and, from the first scene, the high expectation. Well crafted, not real explanations. Only a form of fascination or just seduction using the ambiguity as its essence.

"Carnal Orient" (2016) directed by Mila Zuo had great visuals, suggest obvious David Lynch films, and carbaret performwnces. Among its strength is the make-up effects, costuming and its surreal storytelling.