This was a cruel, cruel film.
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On the Waterfront 1954
I must echo Orson Welles’ sentiments with regard to ‘On the Waterfront’ (1954): “Elia Kazan is a traitor… I have to add, that he is a very good director.“
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The Remains of the Day 1993
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
To preface: this is long-form essay, spoilers abound, and I don’t write about media professionally. These are my thoughts on ‘The Remains of the Day’ and the ideas of emotional repression, the British psyche and regret.
“Are you all right? Not feeling unwell?”
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Hasaki Ya Suda 2011
I can't fault it's style, and the overall premise and beginning is quite enticing—the animatic opener is great—but it does very little with it in the actual narrative which boils down mostly to a bunch of guys, one after another, fighting for a fairly barren hill in a Shonen anime type of way (plus a few too many fakeouts for my liking). It is kind of cool, but it's definitely style over substance with this film.
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