The dark skies over the northern Russian coast in Leviathan look ravishing, and Jia even manages to make the concrete and glass jungle of Shenzhen, the monster city between Guangzhou and Hong Kong, look gorgeous. The other thing both films share is a fascination with mythical stories, the Book of Job in Leviathan, and martial-arts fiction in A Touch of Sin.
虽然故事本身凄凉惨淡，但这两部电影都实现了令人惊叹的视觉效果。《利维坦》片中俄罗斯北部海岸的阴暗天空异常引人入胜，而贾樟柯甚至设法让广州和香港间魔都深圳的混凝土玻璃丛林看起来雄伟绚丽。两部电影另一个共同点是迷恋神话故事，《利维坦》片中的《约伯记》和《天注定》片中的武侠小说就是实例。