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Jonathan
Wing

About Me

Art is everything, with cinema at the center.

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The Limits of Control

If you don't like this movie because of the so-called lack of plot, read up on Jarmusch, watch Dead Man, and then re-watch Limits of Control. It's a fantastic dreamlike study of mundane events, of waiting, of mystery, with a meaning that even eludes Jarmusch according to a few interviews. A beautiful picture.

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Rear Window

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Princess Mononoke

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The Band's Visit

Spirited-away

Spirited Away

Style

  • Auteur-driven
  • Melancholy
  • Serene & subtle
  • Deliriously surreal
  • Rebellion!
  • Of-the-past
  • High Art
  • Other-worldly
  • Neorealist
  • Coming-of-Age
  • Avant-garde

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Picture of Shinichi

Shinichi

2Jan09

I like that way of thinking about it. As if he's taken it upon himself to right a whole idea, rather than just on certain people. The best movies always have so many different ways of looking at it.

Picture of Shinichi

Shinichi

1Jan09

I agree with you. Vengeance is Mine is a character study where the director's only hand you can see in the movie is his camera placement. Imamura has been considered an entomologist by some and it clearly comes through in the movie. I will say however i slightly disagree with your interpretation of his 'vengeance.' I see the title as another way of looking at Enokizu's unflinching psychotic behavior. Another way of pointing out to the audience, "what vengeance is he talking about?" It's more about how he THINKS he has been wronged, and so he takes it out on everyone and the world.

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Vengeance Is Mine

Vengeance Is Mine

I disagree with the reviewer below. True, it is slow-going most of the time, and indeed it does not have a lot of suspense, but I don’t think that was the point. It is very much a character study…  read review

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Paris, Texas

Paris, Texas

  • Currently 5.0/5 Stars.
Slacker

Slacker

  • Currently 5.0/5 Stars.
Broken Flowers

Broken Flowers

  • Currently 4.0/5 Stars.
The Limits of Control

The Limits of Control

  • Currently 4.0/5 Stars.