Sunday, February 21, 2021

A Tale of Three Sisters

The story is about how three sisters from a small village longed to live in the city by becoming nannies to rich people's children.

Quite slow moving but I liked the nice mountain scenery and the love among the sisters! The husband turned out to be smarter than I had expected!

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Friday, February 19, 2021

It Happened One Night

The story is about a rich girl falling in love with a young man while running away from home.

Learned about this film from the MIT Open Courseware, The Film Experience Course. Liked the intense verbal exchanges between the couple and the adventures that they went through! Thought the director did a good job in creating an ending without the presence of the female lead!

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MIT OCW The Film Experience Lecture 8: The Work of Movies; Capra & Hawks

Tuesday, February 16, 2021

A Family Tour

The story is about a family touring Taiwan under unique circumstances. The grandmother is in a tour group while the couple and their child followed her around in a cab.

Liked how the film tried to explain how mainland Chinese, Hongkongers and Taiwanese have different ways of thinking due to their background! Didn't realise it was partly inspired by the director's own story until I checked out the reviews!

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Sunday, February 07, 2021

The General

The story is about a train called "The General" that was stolen during the American civil war.

Learned about this film from the MIT Open Courseware, The Film Experience Course. Liked the nice storyline and the exciting stunts performed by Keaton! Was really surprised when he stuffed his girlfriend in the sack and got her to remove the carriage pin while in the sack! She was not just a beautiful vase as I had imagined!

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MIT OCW The Film Experience Lecture 2: Keaton