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  • In the Mood for Love

    ★★★★½

  • Police Story

    ★★★★

  • The Final Master

    ★★

  • Fallen Angels

    ★★★★½

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  • In the Mood for Love

    In the Mood for Love

    ★★★★½

    The film is visually pleasing the pictures are a visual orgasm. The use of street corners, doors, windows and various objects between the viewer and the characters while using close shots created a feeling of both intimacy and distance(Even though it's not always the case for the physical separation those feelings are always present at certain extent either both or just one at the time).

    Slow motion, use of fast succession of multiple shots and static plans often represents the…

  • Police Story

    Police Story

    ★★★★

    Well written, well played, well scripted and very funny. This film made want to wear a suit from the 80's and a cigarette.

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  • Fallen Angels

    Fallen Angels

    ★★★★½

    Never felt so close to film characters before FA. Their loneliness, love, feelings, actions and concerns didn't need words. The film could have been mute and I would still understand what is happening. The atmosphere grabbed me so much.

    This film shouldn't be watched but felt.

  • Peppermint Candy

    Peppermint Candy

    ★★★★★

    What can I say ? The narrative structure is definitely unique starting backward with the suicide. The film leads us through the last 20 years of the main protagonist exploring what could have pushed him to commit such an act. The final outcome is not suicide itself but rather the reason. What makes this film interesting is definitely the fact that the final outcome is not focused on a single chronological point but rather a sequence of events.

    Revealing in…

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