Through long takes and pensive gazes, Hou Hsiao-hsien invites us into the inner worlds of his characters—we are observers, privy to their bittersweet yearning. A beautifully restrained piece of slow cinema.
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Paris, Texas 1984
Paris, Texas is a poetic story about loss and loneliness, with an earnest sincerity that feels timeless. Wenders conjures melancholic imagery of the American South where every frame aches, culminating in the heartbreaking one-way mirror scene. Few films capture estrangement so tenderly.
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Paprika 2006
Paprika is a surreal journey into the world of dreams that could have easily served as the inspiration for Christopher Nolan’s Inception. While the film is conceptually fascinating, I found it challenging to follow at times, which made it a less engaging experience than I had hoped.
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Enter the Void 2009
Rarely does a film leave me as speechless as Enter The Void. A truly disturbing, hallucinatory and unforgiving experience. Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life if there was no God.
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