June 29, 2009
Along with Murnau's Sunrise, this is something of a cinematic miracle.
Arielle Dombasle, Charlotte Kerr, Florence Delay
Based on letters from a globe-trotting cameraman, this is a literate, rueful and humorous meditation on the quality of life on earth.
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August 20, 2008VERY smart movie chock-full of epiphanies with a very tidy, circular ending... or is it the beginning? Only negative would be the length - I get it already.
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May 5, 2008While watching this, I was completely stoned and hypnotized, wondering what was happening in front of me, the images forming a series that continue, develops and swings from scenario and away from direction, imitating the letters but yet being very representative of life. It was ...( read more)
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February 17, 2008When Japan was still a conundrum to the west, this would have been fascinating. But if you have any modern experience with the East this is a heavy-handed boor.
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September 1, 2007Absolutely stunnnig philosophical anthropology from a master. A dense essay on humanity made flesh with exquisite photography of Japan and Africa. I'm not sure what it all means, but I will visit this picture throughout my life as I have with "2001".
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