Criterion Challenge 2025 film progress 32/52
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Yi Yi 2000
Criterion Challenge 2025 film progress 31/52
23. 2000s
The Child is Father of the Man. But that adult still has that child in them. A quietly devastating film, searching for meaning and finding more questions. Thankfully it’s very funny as we observe these lonesome people, sometimes from afar or reflected (especially when it’s too painful to watch them up close), connecting and isolated in a Taiwan (& Japan) shot like a modern Edward Hopper painting. The fine details of life accumulate into a sublime film, filled with magic and profundity, warmth and love. A humanist masterpiece.Translated from by
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Eureka 1983
RIP Gene Hackman. Another powerhouse performance from one of the absolute greats, watched today in tribute.
Stanislavsky said we don’t watch actors for their skill, but for their substance. Well, you won’t find many actors more substantial than Gene (he was plenty skilled, too). A one off.
Could play anything, inhabit it and surprise. Never gave a bad performance, and many were transcendent. Made every movie he was in greater by his presence. He leaves an unfillable hole in American Cinema.Translated from by -
