I had the fortune to see several of Jerome Hiler and his partner Nathaniel Dorsky's short films at Vancouver's Cinemateque on 16 mm film. They were all uniquely sublime and expansive, but this one left the most enduring mark on me. An experimental silent film with all sorts of trippy effects
I also recommend reading Devotional Cinema by Nathaniel Dorsky, (very short) which has very articulate insights on the transcendental experience film can produce. In brief he writes that film,…
Like every 5 star film, this left me with an intense APFE (Altered Post Film Experience) one where I felt a deep heaviness and urge to weep. What a monumental achievement. Late Spring is as visually beautiful, (particularly effective use of light) as it is moving. Filmmaker Nathaniel Dorsky has written that Ozu is a master of the self-symbol: "every shot, cut, character does not refer to anything but itself in its purity". This has made sense to me after…
It is hard to articulate the impact this film left on me. Tarkovsky finds the perfect balance between dream and reality, the intellectual and the emotional, and gives the viewer the right amount of space to create meaning for ourselves, all while imbuing the film with his spirit. The characters are played to perfection, particularly Oleg Yankovskiy, whose facial expressions and gaze create an effect as though he is constantly drifting between dreaming and waking life.
Many moments of the…
Powerful film. Always feel depressed after watching it. But i don't know about the ending...
