Solscud007 Posted September 15, 2003 Share Posted September 15, 2003 (edited) My friend and I watched this yesterday. It was pretty good. It is the telling of a woman's life as an actress but more importantly her strive to find a man she met only for a brief moment. Of course in that brief/chance meeting she fell in love with him. THis was during WWII aka The 15 Year War. The man was a painter and being hounded by authorities because he was a anti-govt rebel. These two guys one a camera man and the other a producer go to interview this actress who is now 70 years old. After her last movie (which was a sci fi film) she went into hiding and disappeared from the public she was only about 40 years old then. These two guys manage an interview with her and the Producer (who happens to be probably the biggest fan of hers) gives her a key on a string which the painter gave her and symbolized her love for him. The key brought back all the memories of her search. The interview went by as a flashback. WE would actualy enter the world of the movie. Not the set of shooting but actualy as i the movie was real. THe interviewees were present in the world of the film as well almost as non-diagetic people. Kinda like observers who are invisible and cannot interact with the world they are in. this occurs many times we enter into a Edo period film world and then some scenes which seem like her real life are actually films she made. This method of story telling is brilliant however it was a bit confusing to tell apart the real world from the films. Whether what is spoken in the world of the film is a apart of the movie or if she is superimposing her work over what she experienced in her life. only later do we find out what happened to her love, the painter. This film is well worth watching. Edited September 15, 2003 by Solscud007 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDisco Posted September 15, 2003 Share Posted September 15, 2003 i've been hearing alot of great things about this movie. it recieved 4/5 stars in the Toronto Star over here. can't wait for an R1 release Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JELEINEN Posted September 15, 2003 Share Posted September 15, 2003 Great flick. Too bad it won't be in any theaters anywhere near here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunbuster Posted September 18, 2003 Share Posted September 18, 2003 Is there a website that shows where this film will be shown (in which state, city and theater)? I looked and can't find any info. Please help. Thank you. I have the DVD (R2), but I want to support this film. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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