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I’m not sure what I think about American Beuaty. The scenes with Kevin Spacey having his mid life crisis, quitting his job and listening to rock music, etc, are brilliant, unpretentious fun; the scenes with that odd bloke talking about the poetic beauty of a shopping bag blowing the wind are embarrassing.
Anyway, I finally saw Hana-Bi. Disappointing. It's not as good, because it isn't as balanced, as Sonatine... it's too dull and morbid and at times borders on self parody (i.e., the cinematography tricks: every scene is either Takeshi staring at the camera in sunglasses trying to look expressionless, or a picture of a mountain which is captured right in the centre, so it looks parallel... meh).
And I watched Naked again and it confirms my first impression that, without the character of Sebastian (a caricature yuppie) it would be my favourite film.
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