Saturday, August 07, 2004
Ramblers
Japan 2003
Dir: Yamashita Nobuhiro
In a word: Meandering (or maybe calm)
The wandering of 2 film makers through a rural town and the odd characters they meet. This film meanders in the same style as films I can not think of. Part of the problem with this type of film is that they are hard to remember. There is no particularly memorable scenes. So while I know I have seen similar films, butnames elude me. Even though thse films are hard to remember they can still be interesting and it iis the characters that make or break them. Similar in someway to Jim Jarmusch's Coffee & Cigarettes, in this case better, but still my attention driftered indicating weak points in the film.
Why see it? You enjoy the minimalist films of Hal Hartley ('Amateur', 'Simple Men'), or like odd character pieces, you feel the need for a calm film.
Dir: Yamashita Nobuhiro
In a word: Meandering (or maybe calm)
The wandering of 2 film makers through a rural town and the odd characters they meet. This film meanders in the same style as films I can not think of. Part of the problem with this type of film is that they are hard to remember. There is no particularly memorable scenes. So while I know I have seen similar films, butnames elude me. Even though thse films are hard to remember they can still be interesting and it iis the characters that make or break them. Similar in someway to Jim Jarmusch's Coffee & Cigarettes, in this case better, but still my attention driftered indicating weak points in the film.
Why see it? You enjoy the minimalist films of Hal Hartley ('Amateur', 'Simple Men'), or like odd character pieces, you feel the need for a calm film.
# posted by Dave @ 15:48 
