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Spacy 1981
Takashi Ito is one of my favorite filmmakers, and this is perhaps is most famous work, a short film that accomplishes, with seemingly few resources, what amounts to an experience that exponentially expands time and space, and makes an otherwise mundane moment feel like the infinite.
It does have a hypnotic way of warping space and time that can feel almost dizzying and confusing, but this is ultimately to the benefit of the work. I love in particular how… -
Four Flies on Grey Velvet 1971
This is a film that doesn’t make a whole lot of sense, but it is an example of enthralling style transcending the narrative substance, and in a way that is defiant and excellent. And at the same time, there are moments where the narrative resonates with deep emotional impact and even tragedy. This is why this film is a brilliant masterpiece for me, and arguably the best of the “Animal Trilogy” for me. Mimsy Farmer’s performance in particularly is tonally…
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Clue 1985
It is like happiness distilled into 90 minutes of film.
Its mission is to entertain and make you smile. And it succeeds and then some. It is CLUE.CLUE is a mystery thriller and screwball comedy. And its brilliance is how breathless its pace is with its comic lines, each of which shines like gold and miraculously gets BETTER as the film ages.
I love this film with great affection and it never fails to make me… -
Manila in the Claws of Light 1975
If this does not blow your mind by the film’s closing seconds, I don’t know what else to say. Just watch it. Believe me, it is a masterpiece. I just watched it for the first time, without much knowledge of the cinema of the Philippines, and I am numb and my senses are fried. This is a powerful and shocking work, with a killer musical score.
