Last Life in the Universe (Pen-Ek Ratanaruang, 2003) vs. Phaedra (Jules Dassin, 1962)
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Last Life in the Universe (2003) vs. Phaedra (1962)
You seen this one too karl?
Nope, but I've seen the Thai film, against which I'm sure yours will score an easy victory.
How small of all that human hearts endure,
That part which laws or kings can cause or cure. - Johnson
That part which laws or kings can cause or cure. - Johnson
What the fuck Karl
x2003
Phaedra's extremely frothy, though I appreciated the sexual frankness and the casting of Anthony Perkins as a boy whose best friend is his (step)mother. Despite its first few minutes, Last Life in the Universe ended up surprising me with a tranquility, so it takes my vote.
Phaedra's extremely frothy, though I appreciated the sexual frankness and the casting of Anthony Perkins as a boy whose best friend is his (step)mother. Despite its first few minutes, Last Life in the Universe ended up surprising me with a tranquility, so it takes my vote.
x2003
I saw and fell in love with Last Life in the Universe at age 17, as a teenager dipping his toes into non-US cinema for the first time. Though I was not nearly a enamored this time through as I was when I last rewatched this 10-ish years ago, I still fell right back into its pacing and melancholy performances. Just getting rid of those staged suicide attempts would help a great deal in making this truly something.
I saw and fell in love with Last Life in the Universe at age 17, as a teenager dipping his toes into non-US cinema for the first time. Though I was not nearly a enamored this time through as I was when I last rewatched this 10-ish years ago, I still fell right back into its pacing and melancholy performances. Just getting rid of those staged suicide attempts would help a great deal in making this truly something.
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I didn't much like either one of these. The camera tricks during that sex scene between Perkins and Mercouri are probably the thing I'll remember most from it.
The opposite of 'reify' is... ?
Voting closed. 2003 wins
last life is a remarkably terrible movie. the three movies pen-ek made before this are good to great but this one is just a total trainwreck...
edit: i'll even go to bat for ploy and headshot, to some extent.
edit: i'll even go to bat for ploy and headshot, to some extent.