M aybe Meimei was used to such kind of modern love before, but not any more since Mardar's breaking into her life, taking her for his lost lover Mudan. She is irrevocably changed by the encounter with the sad Mardar, prompting her to test the limits of the videographer's devotion. She's envious of Mudan, even if the latter is dead. Meimei disappears again, perhaps this is the last time she plays the game, for she'll never show up unless the videographer trys his best to look for her, possibly all his whole life. Lou Ye has said that although Shanghai he presented in Suzhou River is a city of criminals, smugglers and seedy night-clubs, he considerd that every city, like every person, wears different masks.
Shanghai is something people simply get caught up in, like jelly.
The only constant in the city is the Suzhou River. It feeds the city, like the artery feeds the heart. The water is the blood of the city. And Lou Ye stresses that he believes in true love.