“Of Love and Honor” (Bushi no Ichibun) (2006)

High production values. Fits the genre to a T: melodramatic and predictable, with overwrought weather elements and even a cameo by Ogata Ken as an Obi-wan Kenobi figure (the facetiousness of such an analogy is fully warranted imho). In other words, dull viewing.
At one point, the movie presents a possibility that it could transcend [...]

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SIFF – Quick Cuts – 8 April 2008

(Cross-posted on the SFS blog.)
Yep, got a lot to catch up on. I’ll be working backwards from my most recent viewings. Hopefully I can get to NTU’s Perspectives Film Festival (31 Mar – 4 Apr 2008) before too long.
(Darn it Stefan, don’t you sleep? )
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Vivid
Singapore / 2007 / 30 mins
dir. Sam Loh
Another example [...]

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