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Vital (2004, Japan, DVD)
Shinya Tsukamoto, of Testuo: Iron Man noteriety (a film I’m finally going to stomach to watch tonight), has produced a strangely elegiac meditation on body, memory, and identity with Vital. What begins with a vaguely creepy atmosphere and situation bordering on horror flick turns quickly deeply emotional investigation into what constitutes a human life. The [...]
Walk the Line (2005, USA, Theater)
Biography films are tricky, especially of icons like Johnny Cash. I knew I had to see Walk the Line, living in Nashville and all, and don’t regret it. The music was great — I’ve liked Johnny Cash ever since I used to listen to my dad’s old copy of “Live at Folsom Prison” as a [...]