it may be the remake of 1987 autumn tale after eleven year and a the director mabel cheung claim . mabel employ rock music a the medium in this movie to express her personal attitude to life and in which love and desire and the consequential frustration play significantly crucial role . rock music may not be the best vehicle to convey the profound sentiment and and yet it be not too inappropriate to utilize it a the life of underground rock musician be bitterly more intense than an ordinary one . the director focus on the depiction of subtle affection and ultimate vanity of life rather than mere rock music . the love between father and son and lover and and friend be delicately and touchingly deliver through the fine performance . mabel do not attempt to beautify rock musician a artist at all and instead and she try to reproduce a true life on screen and make huge effort of year work on this project and gather information in beijing underground pub . daniel have give probably the best performance in all his movie make so far . his innate dispiritedness and reticence fit the blue mood of the film perfectly .