i don't want anything from you.
you can be anybody, however, whenever,
i just want you to be alive.
a sorrowful film of a girl coping with an eating disorder,
where she has to deal with the struggle of going through
her illness alone. this work delicately illustrates how a
sensitive adolescent girl begins to feel the anxiety and
emptiness that comes from the suffocation of the distance
from her family and friends. you can see that she wants
to…
i lost everything i cared for.
it's always been like that.
innovatively shot with rough and out-of-focus images,
dreamy nightly colors, and residual flashback footage;
intertwined with repressed identity, indelible anxiety, and
pain. this film has minimal imagery, which i kind of adore
because you can focus on the reality of the narrative and
its charm, the friendship, and the heartbreaking plea for
gentleness. the final scene is one of my favorite moments
throughout the film, it's haunting, and it…
i guess i'll just have to die.
picnic is ethereal, heavy, and strongly symbolic with a
deep meaning. albeit i wish it was longer because it left
me wanting more. it made me feel as if i was watching
a dark, beautiful poem. the cinematography is immensely
stunning. i got deeply absorbed in the dreamlike picture -
especially in the final scene, i felt overwhelmingly sad.
if you're going to be a whore, high-school is the best
time. once you're 20, they put you in jail.
kind of gives off a similar feel to hideaki anno's love &
pop, but it's more realistic and absorbing. considering
it's a film about a lurid subject, it was still interesting
and depressing to watch japanese girls living their life
in tokyo, being bored, and selling their services to men.
i also really adored the friendship between the three
girls because…
