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Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces 2014
Most scenes here are not necessary to the story and I can see why they weren't included, but I was surprised to find a number of quite meaningful interactions, and I definitely wasn't expecting it to return briefly to the ending of the TV series.
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The Dreamers 2003
Never seems to know if it wants to be a tribute to French New Wave, a time piece about uprising in the 60s, or an exploration of incest. As a result, nothing is particularly well developed, and scenes begging for controversy lead to a sudden non-ending.
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Yi Yi 2000
A peacefully moving look at family and life. The mundane is turned into something beautiful; the Jian family's day-to-day challenges take on a subtle whisper of meaning, and those things we normally see as boring—business shirts, middle-class apartments and family gatherings—become testaments to a resigned love, to the sacrifices we make for life to move on. And so it is with the difficulties, like a grandmother's coma or a long-lost love. Lightning gives way to life, and life gives way to beauty.
"There's no cloud, no tree, that isn't beautiful. So we should be too"
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The Human Condition I: No Greater Love 1959
What is humanity? And how much can it endure?
Kobayashi explores these questions through Kaji, a pacifist sent to manage a labor camp in Manchuria. As the grave realitied of WW2 reach him, his humanism is thrown into crisis. It seems that he is left with two options: to throw away his humanity, guaranteeing his own safety, or to sacrifice himself for the prisoners. The movie introduces a wealth of characters, yet ultimately, they are all there to test Kaji's…
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