Trying to paint drab, depressing pictures with such a palette would seem to be a confusing choice or worse, an exercise in futility.
Jin-Rou makes a profound statement with a quietly unsettling score, visceral images and clipped dialogue.
The ambiance that passes between scenes and the characters wandering a lonely landscape does an excellent job of complementing the film. The art works in much the same way, with people framed realistically and expressing themselves with very believable energy and poise.
The characters themselves are withdrawn and unhappy people; sympathetic and pitiable, mis-guided and naive, all kinds of very believable qualities that are superbly acted as well.
This movie makes up a quintessential part of the "Adult" section of animation. It sports no lewd jokes or exploitation of sex in extreme, but deals with the quiet, forlorn sadness of a doomed relationship and individuals destroyed by their respective groups.
