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The Garden of Words 2013
The film has a strong vibe of Mr. Shinkai's aesthetics of juxtaposing persons with nature. Rain is beautiful but that's pretty much about the film:
The theme was plain as everyday rain;
Their relationship was not clear, thus the story kind of went off track in my opinion, just like you have no idea when the rain comes;
The sun rises as well, rain evaporates, so does memory fade away.Translated from by -
Fireworks 1997
An intensely personal-formed film, Hana-bi tried to depict the blurriness between life and death. Unlike most other films, watching Hana-bi is indeed a very personal experience as the movie itself renders most formalist analysis pale.
Talking about the plot and characters seems unnecessary. The film had just a few moving shots and dialogue. Only with the ever-changing scenery in Japan through the director's eyes did we get a glimpse of his understanding of the title Hana-bi, where Hana means flowers…
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Vertigo 1958
Vertigo is a good thriller stuffed with most successful and some not so good story fragments, but it does better regarding the use of color.
The plot was constructed like a typical pure-detective novel as it was really twisted and the audience lacking information was dying in front of the screen for an explanation, and things got solved one by one as Judy appeared. Was that reasonable? Yes. But on the other hand, the ending was abrupt, anti-climax, or we…
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