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Dreams 1990
こんな夢を見た (I dreamt...)
Few dreams in one movie, ~20mins each. Slow, but cinematic; themes of environmental decay, mortality, suffering, regret and old folklore (鬼、狐, etc)
"The scene paints itself for me" - van Gogh
「知らずに殺されるか、知ってて殺されるか。それだけか」
「ここには電気を引いて無いですか？」(Do you have electricity here?)
「あんな物は要らない。人間は便利な物に弱い。便利な物ほど良いものと思って、本当に良いものを捨ててしまってる」(I don't need that stuff. Humanity is weak to convenience. They think the more convenient the better, throwing away that which is genuinely good")「星も見えないような明るい夜なんか要らない」[after being asked, why don't you have lights/candles] "I don't want nights so bright I can't…
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Her Love Boils Bathwater 2016
@japansociety: “[this film] will make you laugh, and cry, then cry again” (家族国家 / 海より深い母の愛)
Movie shot in under 17 days (title makes sense at end)
Quotes:
“我が家のルール”笑って
“もうちょっと我慢できる。だから気をつけて帰って来て”
しゃ———-ぶ しゃ—————ぶ
“言い訳聞こえなかった”
“死んだら全部許してあげるから”
“心配かけたくないから”
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Come and See 1985
a Hellish reminder of "humanity" when ideologies meet war; a story of Khatyn, Belarus (not to be confused with the Soviet atrocities of Katyn)
Gott mit uns
Revelation 6:7-8 KJV
"I told you didn't I? 'Don't dig'"
"Why cry about it? There's plenty who weep as it is"Translated from by
