https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYBgsyBwYso
― A Scanner Snarkly (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 8 March 2011 17:36 (fourteen years ago)
Huh, didn't even know about this. It's one of the Murakamis I haven't read, but I can imagine Tran working well with Murakami's tone. I didn't see his last movie, but I like the other three. (and love Cyclo.)
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 8 March 2011 18:05 (fourteen years ago)
Anyone seen this yet?
― Davek (davek_00), Thursday, 17 March 2011 15:22 (fourteen years ago)
no! but i want to! i seem to remember ilxor s1ocki saying it was great
― just sayin, Thursday, 17 March 2011 15:23 (fourteen years ago)
It's pretty good, but didn't have much of a lasting effect for me really. It's very languid, any Wong Kar-Wai comparisons you may read are pretty accurate, but the same lack of depth is here too. Seems to occupy an uneasy middle ground between icy art drama and something more emotional, I thought going one way or the other would have been more successful.
Anyway, worth seeing (if it's on locally).
― My Teenage Neo-Prog Shame (Matt #2), Thursday, 17 March 2011 15:35 (fourteen years ago)
Does anybody know if this is getting a US release?
― City of Jorts (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 5 April 2011 05:01 (fourteen years ago)
Was thinking how much this was like The Dreamers (bit more teen and suicidal tho'). Triangle of er, intrigue, 1968 barely mentioned then left alone, various bits of pop cult plundered (pop music as opposed to the cinema).
Judging by Scent... I'm surprised Tran was ever interested in Murakami. The humour and frame of reference are quite different. And rightly enough the jokes should be funnier, and classical music comes to the foreground a lot more by the end.
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 14 April 2011 19:50 (fourteen years ago)
I quite liked this film!
For ages I thought it was just self-indulgent and slow. I didn't like the unhinged girl who was incapable of doing anything. And I didn't find her great trauma of having once failed to get sexually aroused with someone very important or worth anyone else's time.
And yet - it was more stunningly shot than just about any film I can think of - the colours and compositions. The male lead was, unusually for a film, attractive enough to hold my attention and be mostly good to look at. And I even liked the little flirtatious chick who turned up halfway through and turned out slightly bizarrely to be his romantic destiny - I really liked this ending! I left with surprisingly good feelings about the whole thing.
― the pinefox, Friday, 15 April 2011 06:56 (fourteen years ago)
iMdB lists no US distrib yet.
― your generation appalls me (Dr Morbius), Friday, 15 April 2011 07:37 (fourteen years ago)
Should I watch this???
I'm nostalgic for the book and I like Hung's first two movies (Cyclo is one overlooked movie).
(Vertical was a lush bit of snoozeville, though.)
― What percentage of my speech is meaningful? (R Baez), Sunday, 2 December 2012 18:21 (twelve years ago)
damn i just read this the other day had no idea there was a film adaptation
― flopson, Sunday, 2 December 2012 18:54 (twelve years ago)
Certainly see, preferably on the big screen - looks great!
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 2 December 2012 20:38 (twelve years ago)
preferably on the big screen
Oh, I wish. I spaced and/or was budget-conscious when it played on initially released. Alas...
― HOLY MOPEDS (R Baez), Sunday, 2 December 2012 22:25 (twelve years ago)
*played on initial release*
Durn.
― HOLY MOPEDS (R Baez), Sunday, 2 December 2012 22:26 (twelve years ago)
This must've read a lot better on the page, or I'm just sick of arty Tales of Tragic Young Love.
― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 30 December 2012 15:41 (twelve years ago)
it sucks on the page too
― 乒乓, Sunday, 30 December 2012 15:42 (twelve years ago)
In my head, I think of the book/movie as "The Life Of Young Peter Parker" minus spider-powers and plus suicides.
― HOLY MOPEDS (R Baez), Tuesday, 1 January 2013 01:38 (twelve years ago)