The human condition is film at its most Symphonic, 3 monumental movements.
I can see why part 3 is the highest rated of the trilogy, the pacing is superb, those 190 minutes are barely felt, Tetsuya Nakadai continues to be a legend and the story, characters have an contrast to the first two films, it’s hard to describe why A soldier’s prayer feels different, which also is why it’s so Symphonic, all 3 films are related yet diverse, with wonderfully…
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Eraserhead is simply perfect, completely succeeding at what it tries to accomplish while being insanely ahead of its time and predicting the boom of creepy animated shorts from the early 2000s that would appear on websites like Newgrounds. think David Firth, creator of “Salad fingers” and the “Sock” Series. (highly recommend watching these)
Another one of the films strengths is just how well it’s made technically, the atmosphere strikes an amazing balance between feeling like a dream and feeling like…
Claude Debussy! Undoubtedly one of the best composers of all time, his music is blissfully infinite in its variety of color and beauty. Even though he didn’t leave behind a Ginormous body of work, he still managed to make a profound impact on the world of music. Then in 1965 British filmmaker Ken Russel made a Docu-Drama about the composer for the BBC. I wish I had more knowledge to share with you about the film, but the Wikipedia page…
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fuck these goddamn arthouse films and their depressing stories, I just wanted them to kiss!
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Masaki Kobayashi’s Seppuku (or Harakiri) is undeniably great and I can see how this film solidified its place as the No. 1 film on Letterboxd, but I cannot for the life of me crack this film, I mean, I get it thematically, Hansiro and company are the ones who actually bear real honor and the honor the house of Iyi bears is a facade and beneath it is true cowardice, but idk there’s something that doesn’t reach me profoundly.
But…
Finally, FINALLY a film that has lighting which so perfectly captures the beauty of the sky in all its Diversity, yet that isn’t even the focus of most of the cinematography, I am just deeply happy about it and it’ll go on the list beside Abbas Kiaristami’s “life and nothing more” in the category of “films that capture the realness of the sky”
