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Heimkehrer (2003)
A disturbing tale of a family and a society in chaos
I watched this movie during Bergen International Film Festival in Norway it is an interesting movie that takes place in a small town of Serbia-Montenegro. Director Arsenic has an interesting but disturbing story to tell about a local boy Marko.
Marko has a tragic past and returns to the town to find his old girlfriend Anja. He struggles to find acceptance in his homecoming and his past haunts him the story is told in a dark mood in a place where people has no hope of a good future. The main characters of the film all wants to leave the city since they see no future for them there.
The tragic event that haunts the main character of the film is disturbing yet it is an important story that deserves to be told and it is a story of a youth that was never allowed to grow up and of a society that has little acceptance of this youth and his relationship to a woman.
Rashômon (1950)
A good introduction to a legendary directors works
I only managed to find a VHS copy from the local public library that was of very poor sound quality and had to view it on an old VCR with a small Television set. But the poor sound on the Television was helped a great deal as the rain was puring outside which was perfect for the opening scenes, that almost gave me a surround system. I will probably add it to my Kurosawa collection on DVD when I can get ahold of a copy.
I have not seen much of Kurosawas early work and found this classic to be interesting, beautiful with a universal story and in all the different stories the actors performances and Kurosawas settings are at times the work of a masterpiece and the music n the movie is great. My limited knowledge of kabuki theater might make my grade a little lower than the movie deserves. Perhaps by viewing this movie more times I will rate this movie higher.
I can recommend this movie for those out there who are interested in the works one of the greatest directors of are times. It is a good introduction to his work.