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A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon 1989
Much better to treat this not as a prequel, but more of an adaptation from Tsui Hark, similar to how Oshii did Ghost in the Shell and Urusei Yatsura, or Urobuchi with Fate/Zero.
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Malena 2000
If we analyze Malena, we could argue that her character symbolizes the motherland of Italy—peerless, her purity both revered and envied, steadfast in her ideals and virtues. Then, she is desecrated by fascism and toxic masculinity, enduring abuse and humiliation at the hands of her fellow citizens' hypocrisies. Only after the war are Malena and her husband welcomed again, mirroring Italy’s slow journey toward reclaiming its true self. However, this interpretation unravels when considering Renato’s obsessive fantasy, which Tornatore frames…
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Drive My Car 2021
Messiest write-up to date but we move
Theatre, literature, and cinema intermingling with postmodernism. Murakami, Beckett, Chekhov, and Hamaguchi associating each other through sound. Closure achieved through expressing things left unsaid. Breaking the silence and pushing barriers in our most vulnerable. Systematic approach to performance through forced habit, eliciting a natural response to dialogue. Interactions then flow how it's written, immersing the characters within the roles which they are given to we then, the audience, relate our personal lives. Exploring…Translated from by -
The Zone of Interest 2023
As a reaction to its historical lineage, Zone of Interest does away with preconceived notions about Holocaust cinema: the idea that its depiction must be sensational, and the vague or misplaced ethics of representation surrounding said event. Glazer even with his disciplined, and naturalistic approach doesn't hide its limitation. Cinema will always be a medium of artifice, and with another momentous innovation only adds on its impending doom. In a simpler way of expression, portrayals and retroactive understanding of any…
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