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Salaryman 6 (2002)
Compellingly shot short worth seeing
This is a powerful little low-budget short about the dullness of office existence as a single man in the urban jungle. We're taken along for the ride in his effort to see his life objectively by capturing photographs of his day. It's an interesting and worthy idea on its own and marvelously explored in a minimalistic manner, but the real strength of the film is the amazing cinematography by Jacques Nuit - matted to what looks like between 3:1 and 4:1. I'm not familiar with either the director or the cinematographer, but wonder at how they got together to shoot a Japanese short. I'd definitely like to see it a few more times, just to absorb the imagery. Prior to viewing this, I didn't appreciate extreme widescreen or matted formats (greater than 2.35:1 ratio). This is a perfect example of how visually enticing it can be - and a reminder that a film should always be shown in the aspect ratio the director intended, whether that's 1.33:1 or 4.5:1.
I Accuse My Parents (1944)
Not bad enough to be deserving of the MST3K treatment
Before commenting, I read other IMDb user comments and found that a lot of people echoed my thoughts: This movie isn't that bad. Outside of the blatant morality tale the story attempts to foist on us with the title and repetition thereof at the beginning and ending bookends of the movie, it's notably lacking in cheese. Slightly awkward plot developments aside, it's a competently made film, with some skill shown with the staging, editing, acting, and overall production values. Like many, I saw the MST3K treatment, and it's perhaps the least deserving of all movies they've ever done. The title is stupid, and perhaps the best improvement the film's producers could've made was playing down the fact that he blamed his parents for his actions - it would've served as a more effective statement about negligent and apathetic parenting.