The most prevailing and interesting theme of this movie I found to be the concept of memory as an act of obligation. Without spoiling too much, this film circles around a 24 hour love story between a French actress and Japanese architect in the recently rebuilding city of Hiroshima.
All around the city, there's memories of the bombing brought to the surface, its impact still being painfully obvious and apparent to visitors and residents alike. Early on, the actress claims…
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Hiroshima Mon Amour 1959
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Raise the Red Lantern 1991
It's interesting to me that the link I found for watching this referred to this as a 'romance movie', when it feels like it couldn't be any further, to great effect. Set in the early Republican era of China, there's a sense of the 'old ways' slowly taking their last gasps of breath. The eras of concubines giving way, but in their descent going away violently and with extreme cruelty.
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Monkey Man 2024
After reading more on the background of this movie, I'm even more impressed and grateful that it exists. Obviously without Dev Patel's star power and resulting caché, this movie is not made. The violence in this film is stylized and packaged in a manner reminiscent of the neon-soaked arthouse action thrillers of the last 15 years, it does so in a manner that is uniquely satisfying and shows a particular respect and admiration for the craft. A film, or film…
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The Quiet Earth 1985
I think this was an overall pretty quality 80s Kiwi sci-fi B movie, fluctuating between the tone and overall style you might expect out of a Tarkovsky and Terry Gilliam feature.
This movie's real saving grace to me however, I think was its focus on the role of New Zealand in the midst of the escalating Cold War between the US and the Soviet Union. New Zealand itself was an ally of the United States, and as the US began…Translated from by
