whanyue

whanyue

suffer from emotional overflow

Favorite films

  • All About Lily Chou-Chou
  • Happy as Lazzaro
  • Synecdoche, New York
  • Asako I & II

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  • On the Beach at Night Alone

    ★★★½

  • Still Walking

    ★★★★

  • One Sings, the Other Doesn't

    ★★★★★

  • On Becoming a Guinea Fowl

    ★★★½

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  • On the Beach at Night Alone

    On the Beach at Night Alone

    ★★★½

    A friend said in the middle of the film: let’s not blame Kim Min-hee, I would‘ve also fell for someone who filmed me this pretty

  • Mind Game

    Mind Game

    ★★★★

    long live the creativity of film arts

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  • Anora

    Anora

    ★½

    The reason I dislike Anora so much is probably that it's not constructing anything new. Previously I thought it was because I hated the crude brutal way of telling the story, but some friends made me realize that rawness may be the accurate depiction of a sex worker's life. However, I see this as using a stereotypical way to enhance stereotypes, as Ani is just a classic resilient and witty sex worker that we all can think of. The explicit…

  • Happy as Lazzaro

    Happy as Lazzaro

    ★★★★★

    I’ve been watching too many good films lately (but Anora maybe). I like how a tragedy was presented in a lighthearted and lovely way, though the ending is heart-aching. Urbanization crushed the faith among individuals, and Lazzaro disappeared at last because a sick capitalist world left no place for a saint. 

    Society keeps evolving like a non-stopping wheel, and Lazzaro faded as a sacrifice of an unsuccessful rebellion.