My Neighbor Totoro is what I would consider a quintessential kids movie. I had never seen a Miyazaki or Studio Ghibli film before, but after watching this, I want to give Ponyo and Spirited Away a try.
The animation in this film is just beautiful, and doesn't show its age at all. The way that the characters move is only possible in animation, due to its mechanical distortion properties. I love the way the characters' hair emotes with them, as…
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City of God is a chief example of a film that took me by surprise. I had never head of it, and with the entire thing being in Portugese I was naturally turned away from it.
However, after watching it for class, I realized what a masterpiece it truly is. The camerawork, the non-linear storytelling, and the massive cast of characters just works here. The way that it is filmed creates a chaotic nature that is emblematic of the chaotic…
Fellini's 8 1/2 is a film that I had a hard time getting through during my watch, mostly due to its avant-garde and formalistic nature. What made it even thougher to enjoy was the fact that it was entirely in Italian (which is no fault of its own, obviously). This fact, however, made it tough to appreciate the stylistic aspects of the film. For instance, I missed many subtleties in the way shots were designed, including the nature and meaning…
