A supreme achievement. Massive lines of light & color, overwhelming abstract spacial patterns within specific cultural spaces--here Tokyo--, the Walker metamorphosing into someone entirely new. Unexpectedly, Tsai's frame reveals a man of David-like beauty; then the longing commences. The Walker's spiritual center shifts & the film moves to a new register. This just might have the greatest train sequence in cinema.
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I, on the contrary, found it sort of thrilling.
louise_bourgeois14 September 2022
Warning: Spoilers
Watching honestly, for a young man like me, it was tempting to care about the slowness. It was pleasing to see some shots with the renewed colourness of the world, a sequence trying to catch the pace of a train, reminding me of a dog chasing its tail. Most attentively, there were moments where I've been drawn to a bit of shameful looks, and there was an interpersonal thriller since a lad grounded right beside the protagonist on some ?purpose?. It reveals our modern anxieties about time and sex, although I am unable to accept to watch it at peace as I am not ready to become a monk. There also was a relaxing sequence of my timeline when I was put to sleep (I was watching it right before one), a little discouraging me for some reason I haven't figured out yet.
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