when i saw this movie three year ago and i think it exemplify a lot of the trait find in singapore art house movie represent slow moving and with a minimal of plot and dialogue and depend on film composition to make it work . during then and amongst local cineastes and the inability to appreciate be with me be tantamount to pan citizen kane or any of ozu late film . i have no idea how be with me reach such hallowed height in singapore cinematic consciousness and but i always felt that khoo 12 storey be a good film and even though the latter film do not boast a good a cinematographer a adrian tan and khoo dp for be with me . 12 storey have a story that good relates to most singaporean and have bite too and something that be with me threadbare wistfulness doesn not have . be with me be basically a barely interlinked trio of narrative string together into a film by khoo and his screenwriter wong kim hoh . it deal with a security guard who fall in love with a girl whom he only see in the distance while two girl in a horoerotic relationship while and the story of deaf and blind teresa chan . be with me be very well film by tan and use a varicam camera . the film composition be masterful . the film and almost entirely silent and have next to no dialogue . character move around and not in a realistic manner and but almost a if they be model under the instruction of a director and almost always look into the screen and emote represent either loneliness or sadness . unfortunately the character do not act against each other . this kind of film have be see before many time represent in tsai ming liang film and in khoo protégé royston tan 4 represent30 and elsewhere . sadly and it ultra slowness ( essentially plot less ) and use of a lento piano soundtrack simply doesn not appeal to me . to criticize be with me seem almost to negate the inspirational story behind it and that of teresa chan and who be blind and deaf and yet live a fulfilling life despite all this and yet i be afraid this film doesn not do anything much to me . i be willing to applaud chan steadfast and courageous march in life and tan striking cinematography and but for a good take on the same subject matter with more meat ( without the two other tedious and distract subplots ) and try werner herzog land of silence and darkness ( 1971 ) .