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Exhalation 2010
My thoughts on this film is somewhat the same as my thoughts on Edmund Yeo's Kingyo. Although i responded to his cinemetograhic choices and definitely the performances by the cast, I invariably also felt that these stories must be expanded and explored upon elaborately for it to really land emotionally. The way Yeo plays with the form of film, the Black and White to Color trick in this case, while being intriguing is not something that manages to augment the…
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Buddha.mov 2017
Is it trying to push boundaries? Yes. Does it "fictionalize" the documentary style in fresh novel ways? Yes. Does this experiment make for something worth watching? Certainly! But does it use this experimentation on documentary/fiction, social networks, celebrity personality, sexuality on screen, etc to ultimately provide an intellectual or emotional experience that stays with the viewer? This is where i hesitate. For all its attempts and even successful feats I did not feel the film as a whole left any discernible impression for me to keep returning to it.
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