Favorite films

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  My Mister 2018

  ★★★★★ Watched 27 Dec 2023

  Let’s be happy.
  Cheer up!
  It’s not a big deal.
  Have you found peace?
  
  
  I was 3 episodes away from finishing when I heard about Lee Sun-kyun’s passing made which only made the show all the more emotionally devastating. Rest easy, I hope you found the peace you were searching for.

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  Tampopo 1985

  ★★★½ Watched 10 Feb 2023

  Mahler’s 5th, again

Popular reviews

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  The Irishman 2019

  ★★★★ Watched 17 Nov 2019

  De Niro paints houses
  Pacino devours ice cream
  Pesci tosses salads

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  A Brighter Summer Day 1991

  ★★★★★ Watched 12 Jun 2018

  Motifs. Motifs everywhere.

  - Flickering lights
  - The presence of military vehicles
  - Pool tables
  - Elvis
  - An adult film stand
  - Heart attacks
  - Aiming guns, real and pretend
  - The grabbing of baseball bats
  - A father's defense (and eventual deference) of his son's behavior
  - S'ir's diary
  - A misplaced watch
  - Tolstoy's War and Peace
  - Ming calling for S'ir near the school
  - A nearly broken radio
  - A radio reading off a list…

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