The most intense canoe movie of all time? Boorman serves a raw nature vs man thriller examining masculinity under extreme duress. The fact that the studio wanted to kill the movie, refusing to offer stunt doubles and accident insurance turned out to be well-earned blessing in disguise. Just proves how practical effects and choreography feel so much more intimate. Despite the slow start, Deliverance really grows on you as it unfolds.
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Millennium Mambo 2001
Amid the neon-lit nightlife of Taipei, Hou Hsaio-hsien immerses us in a sensuous tale of the pursuit of happiness. Millennium Mambo is alive - you can feel each cut like the movie is breathing; the music and the vivid array of colours put you in a trance. The story itself may be thin and I usually dislike style over substance but Hou showcases a brilliant eye for conveying emotional ambiguity. A toxic relationship, a dependence on self-indulgence and the disappointments in oneself thereafter - all these mixed feelings are translated on the screen and you can’t help but hypnotically follow Shu Qi’s melancholic reminiscence.
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