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CD Smiles rated Around the World in 80 Days (1956)

Around the World in 80 Days (1956) 2/10

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February 3rd Directed by: John Farrow, Michael Anderson This is one of those giant, bloated production 1950's movies that manage to make Technicolor, or in this case, Eastman Color look ugly. You could skip to any moment of this movie and something not interesting would be happening. This is the sort of thing I'm assuming by the general scores has fallen in favor with audiences over the years, it's the sort of thing that could really only be interesting to people when this came out. Before you could just Google or YouTube any place on this Earth, this film would be intriguing to those curious, surely. But to no one's surprise, every place they visit is just; Spain? Bullfighters. America? Cowboys and Indians. India? ... Ritual... sacrifice? Yes, everything is boiled down to it's most stereotypical, the score fucking sucks, if I have to hear "God Save the Queen" one more time I'll pull my brain out through my ears, and nothing is particularly clever or funny until the VERY LAST line which I smirked at. It's a painful, boring slog, the worst of this era of Hollywood. It stinks. Downloaded.

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February 2nd Directed by: Shinji Aoyama I don't really know what to think here, I had no idea what to expect and starting the movie with the most bombastic or exciting thing that happens in the entirety of the film may have given me the wrong idea. It's beautiful throughout, however, and maybe this is my fault, we have so few characters to keep track of and yet I didn't really get a sense of knowing most of them. Maybe that's intentional. It's a touchy subject, it's approached with tact and is given a lot of time to assimilate. It's an undeniably beautiful film I just feel like I got left behind by it somehow. Downloaded.

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February 2nd Year: 1969 Genre: Blues Rock White Eyes

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February 1st Directed by: Shunji Iwai Oh boy. Lily Chou-Chou is like an odyssey, it feels much larger than it's runtime. I was reminded of Love Exposure in it's sense of scope and youthful energy, but the tone couldn't much more different. This film's plot hinges on the original music being good, and it absolutely delivers, ethereal and enigmatic, it fits like a puzzle piece with Iwai's camera. I said this film felt large, what I meant is this is one of those that attempts to challenge everything while presenting with a somewhat simple story in the forefront, the sort of thing I feel like I've only experienced with Japanese media. It's incredibly emotional, not many things get me like this but this'll grab you deep and squeeze, and not only in a sad way. I felt like crying at times, sometimes just from the sheer beauty this film is capable of. Downloaded.

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CD Smiles rated Le cousin Jules

Le cousin Jules 6/10

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January 30th Directed by: Dominique Benicheti 90 minutes of an old French couple's life in the French countryside. Interestingly, the documentary's subject, the blacksmith Jules, he may have been instructed to act unaware of the cameras, but I get a feeling that he just doesn't care about them. I wonder about the hows and whys of this production, how you get a couple born in the 1800s, living without electricity to agree to be filmed, how do you even find such a couple? As for the whys well... just why? There is a relaxing quality to the film, but I'll be honest, I think this would be best enjoyed sort of in the background while doing something, devoting your full attention to this seems to yield little rewards, and I LOVE slow cinema. I also get the feeling this was artificially stretched to be feature length, it's just too convenient that this is exactly 91 minutes. Do I think that there is value here? Yes, but it does feel sort of empty. Downloaded.

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CD Smiles added Return to Oz to wanted list

Return to Oz

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CD Smiles rated Proof of the Man

Proof of the Man 7/10

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January 29th Directed by: Jun'ya Satô This is extremely ambitious, it'd be one thing if this was shot entirely in New York with American actors and Japanese crew, but only like, half the movie takes place in New York and at no point does it feel disjointed. It's kind of baffling to experience, the music was leading me to believe this would have a bit of an exploitation edge, I didn't know whether to expect American Blacksploitation or Japanese Pinky Violence. I wouldn't call it either, but there's nothing to be disappointed about with the look or feel of this film, whichever way you slice it, it's 70's sleaze. When you do cut into the meat of this film, you've got a really fun to follow, engaging whodunnit that takes you around the world, through generations as the story unravels. It's a little long in the tooth, and gets kinda hammy near the end, but still emotionally gripping and at times devastating. If the story doesn't work for you, there's still a lot to appreciate here. Downloaded.

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