I went to a screening of this at BAMPFA immediately following The Enigma Of Kaspar Hauser, both with Werner Herzog in attendance. Herzog introduced the film talking about how the perspective shifts throughout the film, first from Graham Dorrington to Marc Anthony Yhap, and then from Yhap to his rooster for one of the final scenes. He also said that the idea for the film was presented to him by one of his sons, who originally wanted to make the…
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The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser 1974
I saw this at another BAMPFA screening where Herzog was in attendance, this time as part of a months-long retrospective that they're having of his filmography. He introduced the film talking about Bruno Schleinstein's upbringing in asylums from the age of 3-23, and the depth of his performance.
He discovered Bruno by watching a program on street performers. Bruno was a featured performer who would play accordion on the streets, and Herzog felt an instant connection with Bruno.
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2046 2004
This feels like the culmination of so many themes and ideas that Wong Kar-wai had been experimenting with and using since his first film, As Tears Go By in 1988. Over the course of fourteen years and eight feature films, WKW's films were full of melancholic, listless individuals seemingly lost in some sort of mental and emotional limbo and circumstances from which they couldn't escape. None are more tragic than the one that Chow, the main character of 2046, is…
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In the Mood for Love 2000
I first saw In The Mood For Love about a decade ago, when I was first getting into The Criterion Collection (this was before Filmstruck, when their films were still on Hulu). Because of that, I maybe didn't have the right context for this film. I knew it was well-regarded and considered an essential film to see, so I watched it, and while I liked it, I wouldn't say that I loved it. Fast forward to now, and watching this…
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Happy Together 1997
This was the first "big" Wong Kar-wai film I hadn't seen that I finally watched in going through his filmography, and damn. Here he really steps back and instead of having multiple storylines going on simultaneously (Fallen Angels) or back-to-back (Chungking Express), or featuring one character who is impacted by multiple other ones coming in and out of his life (Ashes Of Time), making this WKW's most restrained work since his debut, As Tears Go By.
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Halloween Ends 2022
Sorry everyone, this is the last year we can celebrate Halloween
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