Written by Amy on Monday, March 15th, 2010 ( Start discussion ) | 
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You guys really REALLY need to work on what you call “Special Features”. It’s been a long time coming, but the review I sent to Amazon.com of Linda Linda Linda never showed up, even though I was reviewing the material in the DVD and even making suggestions… so it was a valid write-up.
Last time I bought something in Amazon.com, my order included a copy for the Viz Media release for Tetsuya Nakashima’s Kamikaze Girls
(Shimotsuma Monogatari) and Linda Linda Linda
by Nobuhiro Yamashita.
Where to start?
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Tags: anna tsuchiya, bae doona, dvd, dvd review, linda linda linda, nobuhiro yamashita, tetsuya nakashima, viz pictures
Written by Amy on Sunday, March 14th, 2010 ( Start discussion ) | (1) | Share This!
Just started this.
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Tags: bjork, criterion, dancer in the dark, design, fanart, grave of the fireflies, hotaru no haka, lars von trier
Written by Amy on Saturday, March 13th, 2010 ( Start discussion ) | (3) | Share This!
DGenerateFilms has translated an essay by director Jia Zhangke with some interesting ideas, as well as some others that I don’t particularly agree with… but maybe it’s one of those things lost in translation.
In a few years, young people throughout Asia will probably sing the same song, be attracted to the same clothes; girls will wear the same makeup and carry the same handbag. What kind of world is this turning into? It is precisely in this cultural environment that only independent films that remain committed to the depiction of local culture can provide some cultural diversity.
That’s an interesting statement, considering I have been talking about the exact opposite. I often talk how there will never be a “definite” 2000’s or 10-19’s list like we had in the 90s, because the internet has opened this gate with floods of information regarding anything… including music, films and overall entertainment. You don’t need to listen to what the record companies send to the radios, or watch what networks believe to be quality television or pay for a movie a distributor thinks you should be watching.
What the essay seems to be referring to is the vapid teenage kids who won’t bother researching and finding out about something that won’t be fed through distributors. I mean, you can’t even rely on what MySpace suggests any longer. LOL
Also… Amateur Cinema? With all the technology and all the quality cinematographers out there, even the most low-budget film can look okay. I’m sorry, but an image alone can speak a thousand words. That’s all I’m saying. I may be a “production value” girl, and I can appreciate costume, and art direction, but I also always give more importance to storyline and overall mood of the film. It shouldn’t matter if it’s “amateur” or a big-budget production.
Don’t give me Amateur Cinema, give me quality Independent Cinema.
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Tags: independent
Written by Amy on Saturday, March 13th, 2010 ( Start discussion ) | (6) | Share This!
The film is based on an award-winning novel written by rookie author and housewife Kanae Minato. Actress Takako Matsu (K-20, Villon’s Wife) plays a dedicated teacher at a junior high school who’s young daughter is found brutally murdered. Believing two of her own students are responsible, she decides to leave the school, but not before a final chilling confession to her class in which she informs them that she’s already enacted her plan for vengeance.
Watch the trailer via Nippon Cinema.
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Tags: japanese film, kokuhaku, masaki okada, nippon cinema, tetsuya nakashima
Written by Amy on Friday, March 12th, 2010 ( 2 responses ) | (7) | Share This!
Awards Daily’s poll is currently going on.
I’m giddy to find out my Top 4 films of 2010 are in the Top10 xD though that could change. Of course, I’m giddy about Inception… why? Nolan + DiCaprio + Marion Cotillard + Ellen Page + Ken Watanabe + Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Hi, there. I’m already there.
Black Swan? Aronofsky + Natalie Portman? I’m sold with that.
The Kids Are All Right? Julianne Moore, Annette Bening, Mark Ruffalo and Mia Wasikowska?
Blue Valentine? Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams~ Are you kidding?
You can vote for your fave here.
The other films I’m looking forward this 2010?
Hesher, Rabbit Hole, The Killer Inside Me, Norwegian Wood, and Contracorriente (Undertow).
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Tags: annette bening, black swan, blue valentine, christopher nolan, ellen page, hesher, inception, joseph gordon-levitt, julianne moore, marion cotillard, mark ruffalo, mia wasikowska, michelle williams, natalie portman, ryan gosling
