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Knock Off 1998
Knock Off has the most in common with Double Team, Van Damne’s previous vehicle. Probably because Tsui Hark did both. Hark is definitely the most absurd of the Hong Kong brats. It’s like watching an action movie circus. This one is no exception. I couldn’t tell you what the movies about and who cares? Hark knows the mission statement. The audience paying to see movies like Knock Off on the big screen aren’t there for dramatic, complex stories. They want…
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There Was a Father 1942
What makes this a frightening propaganda film is how well done it is. The father was an emotionless prick who does his best to transfer his fascistic work ethic onto his son. And to instill obedience to work, his ancestors and to get married and produce more future workers and soldiers.
I hope Ozu didn’t make too many of these movies for the war government.Ryu Chisu was great as the patriarch who imparts no emotional love or connection onto…
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Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family 1941
Going through the filmography of Ozu Yasujiro chronologically, this is his best film up to this point. Brothers And Sisters Of The Toda Family represents some of the hallmark themes of the Ozu canon.
The interconnected and conflicting relationships between fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, brothers and sisters. The callous disregard and casual rapaciousness of the younger generations relative to their elders. These spoiled children are instinctually selfish pricks. The subtle class dynamics and the entitled mannerisms in…Translated from by -
Anora 2024
Mikey Madison’s star has arrived and I cannot break away from its gaze. I did not expect this movie to take the turns that it did. Wild, erotic, comical, screwball, slapstick, sad. Anora was a potently seedy, funny, colorful, and ultimately, raw and tender shapeshifter I couldn’t detach myself from. Is Anora one of the ushers for a new wave of American neo-realist cinema?
It also says something without really saying something out loud about capitalism, male-female power dynamics, sex…
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