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  Chungking Express 1994

  ★★★★★ Watched 22 Aug 2024

  Yesterday, I fell off my bike and gave myself a light concussion, just a casual meeting of head and pavement. And here I am, still recovering from that, thinking Chungking Express would be a nice distraction. A bit of romance to soothe the soul. Instead, Wong Kar-wai blindsided me and emotionally knocked me off my metaphorical bike. This movie hit me the same way the pavement did: sudden, jarring, and leaving me dazed, but this time it was the pain…

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  Berlin: Symphony of a Great City 1927

  ★★★★ Watched 22 Apr 2024

  Deze stille film kijken in een bruin cafeetje, vergezeld door een tweedelige live band bestaande uit een dj die pulserende techno beats op je afvuurt en een mondharmonicaspeler die melancholische tonen uitblaast, tilt de film toch naar een speciale dimensie.

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  71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance 1994

  ★★★½ Watched 18 Oct 2023

  Similar to Haneke's other films, this movie is a conceptual masterpiece with a fascinating and ingenious underlying idea. However, an intriguing concept doesn't necessarily translate into an engaging movie. Watching a man hit a ping pong ball for 3 minutes straight or observing an old man speak to his daughter through the phone for 7 minutes, discussing nothing, is simply uninteresting and boring to watch, even if it's intended to be uninteresting and boring. I can appreciate the artistic value and ideas of this film, but, for me, it fails to present those ideas in a compelling way.

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  Napoleon 2023

  ★★ Watched 22 Nov 2023

  No idea if this movie is trying to be a comedy or a historical drama. I think the film itself doesn't know well what it wants to be, but it fails in both cases nonetheless.

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