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Asako I & II 2018
I would have to confess that the ending of the film saved the entire thing. A typical Hamaguchi orchestra of lens language and story telling, compelling in its signature as usual. I often found myself too intoxicated with the space between day and night, during which I believe time is glazed by romance. Hamaguchi said no, drawing a resounding statement that this is in fact the most dangerous shade of affection. As much as I would crave to see the…
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Summer Interlude 1951
Interludes always begin with ecstatic surprisal and ends with sustaining melancholy. But the show, of the music and at the same time of the life, must go on.
Young Bergman’s decent work with obvious puerility, unsurprisingly showing his signature ahead-of-the-time sensitivity towards human emotions.
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Blossoms Shanghai 2023
This would always be my bias. Thank you Wong Kar Wai for making this.
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Twelve Nights 2000
A Shakespearean deride to an Odyssey of maniacs, jerks, lunatics or just the normal you and I’s as lovers in one relationship. Great plotting design, camera language and a big w for young Eason and Cecilia starring in this great work. An elegy to the setting sun of the golden era of HK film scene.
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