This is a documentary about peasants taking the train from Sichuan to Xinjiang to earn more money by harvesting cotton.
Liked the interviews with the train passengers where they talked about their hopes and dreams! Quite amazed at how the train can pack so many people and luggages!
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JKQXZ are high scoring tiles in a scrabble set and there is only one set of each letter.
Sunday, November 08, 2015
Friday, November 06, 2015
Teddy Bear
The story is about a shy bodybuilder who lived with his oppressive mother looking for love in Thailand.
Liked how the director managed to paint a convincing image of a shy bodybuilder as I have always imagined them to be fierce and tough! Great acting by the bodybuilder and his mother!
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Liked how the director managed to paint a convincing image of a shy bodybuilder as I have always imagined them to be fierce and tough! Great acting by the bodybuilder and his mother!
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Tuesday, November 03, 2015
A Dedicated Life
This is a documentary about a famous Japanese novelist.
Liked the interesting reconstructed flashbacks to the novelist's childhood days!
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Liked the interesting reconstructed flashbacks to the novelist's childhood days!
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Thursday, October 29, 2015
The Makes
This is a pseudo documentary about an interview with a French critic about an Italian film director's work in Japan.
Liked how the director used photographs and speech to tell a story! I could then use my imagination to visualize how wonderful these films were!
Liked how the director used photographs and speech to tell a story! I could then use my imagination to visualize how wonderful these films were!
Friday, October 23, 2015
Dream Work
The film tries to capture how the dream of a girl might look like.
Liked the special visual effects that created the dreamlike atmosphere!
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Liked the special visual effects that created the dreamlike atmosphere!
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Thursday, October 22, 2015
Sic
The story is about a girl working in a Japanese bookshop as a censor of photo-books by scratching bits of images away.
Liked how the protagonist brushed the book with a giant feather in the end as it looked elegant!
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Liked how the protagonist brushed the book with a giant feather in the end as it looked elegant!
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Tuesday, October 20, 2015
Following Diana
The story is about an Indonesian couple slowly drifting apart after the husband announced his intention to marry a second wife.
Liked the quiet moments that featured the interaction between mother and son! Took me quite a while to realize what the husband was showing to his wife on his computer screen as I thought they were just a bunch of mind maps.
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Liked the quiet moments that featured the interaction between mother and son! Took me quite a while to realize what the husband was showing to his wife on his computer screen as I thought they were just a bunch of mind maps.
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Saturday, October 17, 2015
Immoral Tales
The film consists of five short stories set in reverse chronological order: "The Tide", "Therese Philosophe", "The Beast", "Erzsebet Bathory" and "Lucrezia Borgia".
Quite surprised that the last two films were based on actual historical figures! The beast looked scary in "The Beast"!
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Quite surprised that the last two films were based on actual historical figures! The beast looked scary in "The Beast"!
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Wednesday, October 14, 2015
It Happened Tomorrow
The story is about the adventures of a reporter when he realized that he had information on the next day's news.
Liked the interesting plot and how everything fell into place in the end! Wonder if "Back to the Future II" was inspired by this film?
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Liked the interesting plot and how everything fell into place in the end! Wonder if "Back to the Future II" was inspired by this film?
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Saturday, October 10, 2015
Junun
This is a documentary about a group of musicians from different countries collaborating to make music in an Indian palace.
Liked the nice music played from exotic looking musical instruments! The aerial view of the palace and the street views looked interesting too!
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Liked the nice music played from exotic looking musical instruments! The aerial view of the palace and the street views looked interesting too!
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Saturday, July 11, 2015
Parade
The story is about how the performers prepared for a circus performance and the audience's reaction to it.
Liked the amazing juggling performance, the nice songs and how engaged the audience was to the show!
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Liked the amazing juggling performance, the nice songs and how engaged the audience was to the show!
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Wednesday, July 08, 2015
Minions
The story is about how a group of small yellow cylindrical shaped creatures called Minions searched for an evil master.
Liked the cheerful attitude of the Minions! They could always find something positive out of the worst situations!
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Liked the cheerful attitude of the Minions! They could always find something positive out of the worst situations!
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Saturday, June 20, 2015
Trafic
The story is about how a camping car company tried unsuccessfully to travel from France to a big car show exhibition in Amsterdam.
Liked the interesting encounters during their journey! The car was an amazing invention, full of gadgets! I also liked the scene where they simulated the movements of the astronauts!
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Liked the interesting encounters during their journey! The car was an amazing invention, full of gadgets! I also liked the scene where they simulated the movements of the astronauts!
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Saturday, May 02, 2015
Execution in Autumn
The story is about the transformation of a man who became a murderer because his grandmother spoilt him from young.
Liked the interesting plot and characters in the film! I learnt that discipline is a key parenting skill!
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Liked the interesting plot and characters in the film! I learnt that discipline is a key parenting skill!
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Wednesday, April 22, 2015
Where The Seagull Flies
The story is about the love hate relationship of a couple.
Liked the scenes of Singapore in the 70s and the pretty actress in the film! Great plot with lots of twists and turns!
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Liked the scenes of Singapore in the 70s and the pretty actress in the film! Great plot with lots of twists and turns!
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Tuesday, April 14, 2015
Beautiful Duckling
The story is about the father daughter relationship of a family who raised ducks for a living.
Liked the cute little ducklings and the kampong spirit shown by the people in the film! The ending was very well done too as I was surprised by what happened!
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Liked the cute little ducklings and the kampong spirit shown by the people in the film! The ending was very well done too as I was surprised by what happened!
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Sunday, April 12, 2015
Jour de Fete
The story is about how a French postman became inspired to shorten his delivery time after watching a documentary about American postmen at a village fair.
Liked the interesting stunts in the film! The bicycle seemed to have a life of its own at one point in time!
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Liked the interesting stunts in the film! The bicycle seemed to have a life of its own at one point in time!
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Sunday, April 05, 2015
Morning for the Osone Family
This is the last film of the Kinoshita and World War II collection. The story is about what happened to the Osone family towards the end of World War II.
Liked how the director helped us understand the hardships that the ordinary Japanese people faced through one family! I could tell he was very unhappy with the Army from his portrayal of the uncle!
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Liked how the director helped us understand the hardships that the ordinary Japanese people faced through one family! I could tell he was very unhappy with the Army from his portrayal of the uncle!
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Saturday, March 28, 2015
Army
This is the fourth film of the Kinoshita and World War II collection. The story is about how a Japanese family with military background raised their eldest child to join the Army and fight in the front line during the second World War.
Liked how the director encouraged patriotism through his characters! Great acting by Tanaka Kinuyo, the actress who acted as the son's mother! I was surprised by how stern she could be when her son accidentally stepped on his textbook!
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Liked how the director encouraged patriotism through his characters! Great acting by Tanaka Kinuyo, the actress who acted as the son's mother! I was surprised by how stern she could be when her son accidentally stepped on his textbook!
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Saturday, March 21, 2015
No Woman, No Cry
This is a documentary on the healthcare services for pregnant women in four different countries: Tanzania, Bangladesh, Guatemala and the United States.
Liked how the director weaved the statistics with the personal stories of these women and her commentary at the end of the film!
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Liked how the director weaved the statistics with the personal stories of these women and her commentary at the end of the film!
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