Senso (Luchino Visconti) ***1/2 -
A married Italian countess falls hopelessly in love and has an affair
with an Austrian officer during the Italian-Austrian war of unification.
It starts out kind of a little too melodramatic but it gets better as
the story unfolds. This is thanks to the great performances of Alida
Valli and Farley Granger. The different twists, ambiguities and
tragedies were beautifully paid off in the end. Not my favorite Visconti
but it's still a pretty great, beautifully photographed entry.
Hahaha (Hong Sang-Soo) ** - I've
been exploring Korean cinema as of late so I was really looking forward
to this one. Two friends meet for drinks and catch up on their love
lives. It's well-made and well-acted and there are a few amusing, really
good moments but all in all, it's mediocre. The rather unusual
structure of the film makes it a bit more interesting but I found the
characters alternately irritating and dull so it was a bit of a chore to
sit through. It reminds me of those subgenre of American indie dramedy
films I already find annoying.
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Awesome round-up man. The premise to that Korean film actually sounds pretty good to me though but I'll take your word for it that it's a bit dull.
There is quite a bit of good Korean and just Asian cinema out there.
Hmmmmm. Senso sounds like it's good as hell, but Hahaha, I dunno....
I mean, don't get it twisted - I LIKE the asian movie market. But Hahaha sounds a bit too...formulaic?
Yeah, formulaic.
They do sound interesting.
Never heard of these movies.. I should watch Senso. Thanks for rounding your week up.
sound good, btw i follow
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