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On the Beach at Night Alone 2017
At what point does the self-referential and self-involved become merely self-indulgent? A recurring scene and theme throughout the ages is the author that writes about authors, which has always, likewise, invited criticism. Surely, some think, the 'duty' of an author has a scope beyond the mere concerns of his profession. After all, one cannot be a writer of the people if one only writes (by proxy) about oneself. But, must art be selfless? Rather, must we continue with the pretension…
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The Fugitive 1993
It's a welcome cliche in America's cinema or any other medium of the possible suppression of truth, No where else do is there such an impetus towards proselytizing it, ignored though it may be by those who are unable to see the truth of God. The principal feelings of suspense are certainly in the plight of the character, but by the end more in the possible miscarriage of this truth that has not yet spread far and wide (though never…
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Café Lumière 2003
I was talking with my brother other day, over the phone, about the realities of post-grad life. You see, I’ve had vague ambitions to get a remote job, in software, so that I could get myself sustenance while traveling the world at a slow pace. Lately, I’ve become disillusioned with the entire idea. I am a man of routines, or so I like to think, and I couldn’t really imagine how things would be different if I were in any…
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That Day, on the Beach 1983
The beach - ah, how time passes onward, the waves but its metronome. When visiting it, I can't help but think of Woolfe's The Waves, the prose-poem that interspersed the novel that described the the endless assault on the shores, not unlike the way new generations, without cease, grew up and found their crest, before crashing back down upon the shore... with regularity.
More of the 'didactic' of Yang's films, where much of the development is not shown per se…
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