Posts Tagged ‘Cinema’
Coffee Cup 805
Posted by Lloyd Y. Asato | Filed under Poetics of Peet's
Three guys attending the midnight showing of Doom; a guy’s night out to smell what The Rock is cooking. Think it will stink?
We had such low expectations going in and the film exceeded them all. It did not suck and that is saying something. 805.
Coffee Cup 806
Posted by Lloyd Y. Asato | Filed under Poetics of Peet's
If you have not already done so, you need to get a Region 2 and 3 capable DVD player. I think the last count was that I had 7 or 8 different DVD players in the house. Why you ask? Because hands down some of the best new cinema being made is coming from Asia.
I got to see this film and it totally rocked. This was not what I expected and it was something I have never seen before. Not your typical ballistic ballet, this film had a gritty realism and Cecilia Cheung Pak-Chi. What else do you need? 806.
Coffee Cup 807
Posted by Lloyd Y. Asato | Filed under Poetics of Peet's
I am not a fan of Suzuki Seijun. A few years ago I had the misfortune of sitting in on his film Pisutoru Opera. It was an absolute mess and after 10 minutes I had to leave. I would have given it another 5 minutes but the projectionist did not have the right plates for the film and it was absurdly distorted. Usually not a problem for a Suzuki film, but I was not in the mood.
Imagine my surprise when I found Operetta Tanuki Goten charming and visually stunning (five out of five stars). I like cinema that surprises me and this one did. I find myself unable to describe the film except that it had a singing and dancing Zhang Ziyi. That alone is worth the price of admission, non? 807.