A film that could only have emanated from a great deal of political turmoil - in this case the transfer of Hong Kong from a British colony back to China. It's about a group of soldiers who end up turning to a life of crime in a dog-eat-dog society after they are forced to fend for themselves just before the transition. The film's raw cinematic language can be haphazard on occasion, resulting in some heavy-handedness, but it's heart remains in the right place.
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First Love 2004
Vittorio (Vitaliano Trevisan) is a artisan who survives on the old family business of creating jewelry from molten gold in a traditional manner. He is initially witnessed at a train station where he is waiting for Sonia (Michela Cescon), a young girl who has answered his classified ad for a date. They meet, Sonia is pleased, but Vittorio surprisingly tells that he expected her to be thinner. Sonia suggests that she wants to return home but Vittorio decides he still…
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Terrorizers 1986
A living, breathing proof that multi-plot narratives can be profound and penetrating. The film that best exemplifies Edward Yang's exposure to the arts and ideologies of the west, it vividly portrays the slow disintegration of life in modern Taipei. When things do come to a boil, they are all the more shocking. Set in a time of rapid societal transformation, this layered and self-reflective film is as specific as it is universal.
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Heaven Can Wait 1943
Heaven can Wait was the only film Ernst Lubitsch made in Technicolor and used the color format quite beautifully. The colors subtly change as the film progresses, commenting on the larger arc of the proceedings. The film very much belongs to its time-period, a period of uncertainty and change. It's an urbane, witty comedy about a man (Don Ameche) who wants to enter Hell but first has to convince the Devil that he belongs. He tells his tale in a…
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