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23,801 | [
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] | 250 | 304 | In 60s Hong Kong, a man and woman move in the same day into adjacent apartments with their respective spouses. Soon they suspect their ever absent spouses of having an affair with one-another. A strange bond emerges between the man and woman as they cope with their sadness by taking turns playing each other's spouse, b... | 1 |
23,802 | [
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] | 239 | 271 | I was recommended this film as one of the best love stories ever told. And as I am huge fan of love, I bought the tickets and sat myself in the theatre. After 90 minutes I left the theatre with nothing but disappointment and the theme song as the only positive thing of the film. I was appalled at the story itself, that... | 1 |
23,803 | [
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23,804 | [
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It's been along time coming since I have seen such a film. Beautiful, elegant and restrained, with a narrative pace to match. A film with sensitivity and understated qualities that is rare in these times of clic... | 1 |
23,805 | [
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<br /><br />Building on his previous success with Happy Together and Chungking Express, Wong Kar Wai g... | 1 |
23,806 | [
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23,807 | [
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] | 518 | 623 | Set in 1962 Hong Kong (in turbulent times, as we are informed), this extremely intimate story of a failed romance between a two married people tied to their traditions manages to recall the essence of old Hollywood in scene after scene of lush colors, evocative yet restrained sensuality (as opposed of the requisite sex... | 1 |
23,808 | [
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] | 383 | 469 | WARNING: SPOILER,SPOILER,SPOILER!!!!<br /><br />This is written for filmgoers who may have walked away from "Mood for Love" perplexed and confused about paths the main characters choose in life. From reading other comments and reviews it seems that many viewers and critics missed some very important details which may h... | 1 |
23,809 | [
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] | 120 | 157 | Beautiful film set in 1962 Hong Kong about a man (Mr. Chow) and woman (Mrs. Chan) who become close friends when they suspect their spouses are having an affair. Stylistically, the film is also beautiful. Wong Kar-Wai uses a lot of slow motion and close-ups on parts of the body (feet, hands, waist). The film itself has ... | 1 |
23,810 | [
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] | 235 | 304 | In Hong Kong, 1962, the editor Chow Mo-wan (Tony Leung Chiu Wai) and his wife, and the secretary Su Li-Zhen Chan (Maggie Cheung) and her husband simultaneously move to an old building. Each couple has just rented a room in apartments on the same floor. Their wife and husband stay most of the time away from home, and Ch... | 1 |
23,811 | [
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23,812 | [
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] | 156 | 182 | this film is wonderful film for students of film. in mainstream American film it is common to see stylistic techniques used to draw the audience into the movie. in this film, the director uses stylistic techniques to push the story forward.<br /><br />this is a love story that offers no sex. to be honest, i can't even ... | 1 |
23,813 | [
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23,814 | [
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] | 278 | 353 | Beautiful, emotional, and subtle. I watch this movie at an art center with a smaller screen in a film room with 95% of senior citizens. I wish bigger cinema like Lowes around here would show it. Great cinematography by Wong and Christopher Doyle. Since I understand cantonese, it's a lot easier for me to understand the ... | 1 |
23,815 | [
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23,816 | [
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23,817 | [
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23,818 | [
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23,819 | [
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23,820 | [
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23,821 | [
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23,822 | [
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23,823 | [
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23,824 | [
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23,825 | [
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23,826 | [
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23,827 | [
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23,828 | [
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23,829 | [
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23,830 | [
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23,831 | [
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23,832 | [
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23,833 | [
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23,834 | [
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23,835 | [
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23,836 | [
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23,837 | [
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23,838 | [
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23,839 | [
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23,840 | [
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] | 391 | 490 | Seeing this film brought back to me memories of 9/11. The first thing I remember of that morning was seeing TV pictures of an airplane flying into a large building, and my immediate thoughts "Must be a preview for a new Tom Clancy film".<br /><br />This was not a Tom Clancy film. This was certainly not a British versio... | 1 |
23,841 | [
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23,842 | [
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23,843 | [
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23,844 | [
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23,845 | [
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23,846 | [
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23,847 | [
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23,848 | [
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23,849 | [
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23,850 | [
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23,851 | [
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23,852 | [
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23,853 | [
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23,854 | [
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23,855 | [
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23,856 | [
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] | 282 | 331 | (Review is of the original 1950's version not the restored 1980's one) In a land where the king likes no one and no one likes the king a shepherdess and a chimney sweep from two nearby paintings come to life and run off. A portrait of the king, who loves the shepherdess, kills the real king and takes his place. A huge ... | 1 |
23,857 | [
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23,858 | [
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23,859 | [
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23,860 | [
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23,861 | [
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23,862 | [
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23,863 | [
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23,864 | [
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23,865 | [
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23,866 | [
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23,867 | [
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23,868 | [
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23,869 | [
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23,870 | [
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23,871 | [
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23,872 | [
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23,873 | [
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23,874 | [
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23,875 | [
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23,876 | [
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23,877 | [
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23,878 | [
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23,879 | [
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23,880 | [
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] | 166 | 205 | Anyone who correctly identifies the opening images as God killing himself without reading the end credits certainly deserves a free ticket to a rest home in Transylvania. I would imagine this as being a favorite movie at "Twin Peaks" dark lodge on movie night if time existed there. I would think that a better title mig... | 1 |
23,882 | [
0,
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] | 62 | 74 | I loved it, it was really gruesome and disgusting. I thought that the tearing of the human flesh was thoroughly provacative. the way that it was depicting the human crucifix about Jesus Christ was really interesting. The tearing about limbs and jaws was awesome brutally gruesome. Don't watch this if you have a weak hea... | 1 |
23,883 | [
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] | 83 | 101 | Begotten is one of the most unique films I've ever seen. It is more, to me, a study of sound, light and dark, and movement than a real story. The type of thing you see as a video instillation at the museum of modern art than a film enjoyed at the local theater. I'm not going to try to interpret the images of the mother... | 1 |
23,884 | [
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] | 108 | 132 | Begotten is black and white distorted images. It looks like it could have come from the nineteenth century. However, the sound is crystal clear, minus the sync and the addition of calm nature sounds.<br /><br />This movie was very critical of the struggles of life. It shows a single mother and child in a violent world ... | 1 |
23,885 | [
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] | 159 | 184 | Thank God for the Internet Movie Database!!! When I first got this movie I watched it every night just before before bed and was getting something different out of it every time. But no matter how I sliced it, it came up disturbing. The black and white and all the twitching really freaked me. You stare at the screen un... | 1 |
23,886 | [
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] | 123 | 133 | if you are dating a girl that is into wicca!<br /><br />many parts of this movie were killer and the feeling you get from this movie while watching it and immediately after is enough alone to sit through it all but some things really bothered me about this film that i cant really put my finger on...<br /><br />i defini... | 1 |
23,887 | [
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] | 132 | 151 | This has to be one of the most beautifully morbid films I have ever seen. Merhige has created a living painting that unfolds with horrific violence, sex, and a minimalist retelling of the life of Jesus Christ. The high contrast and thick layer of grain make you question yourself as to what you are really seeing at time... | 1 |
23,888 | [
0,
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] | 71 | 89 | I had the pleasure of seeing Saltimbanco live before seeing the video version of the show. While nothing can compare to actually being there, the people behind the video did an amazing job of capturing the flavor, the feel, the sensation and so much more. The wonderful performances of Saltimbanco's stunningly amazing t... | 1 |
23,889 | [
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] | 144 | 166 | I purchased this video on VCR tape in a good-will store for US 50 cents. I have taken quite a few videos I purchased back for them to sell to others after I viewed them considering the 50 cent cost as a rental. This is the only one that will never go back. It is an explosion of artistic talent, color and sound. I don't... | 1 |
23,890 | [
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] | 153 | 176 | This performance leaves you with no wishes. We saw it in Offenbach, Germany, and it is breathtaking. We only got the cheap tickets at the far back but still had a view over everything that happened. If you ever get the chance to see this live then GO! It is worth the trip and if I were you I would wait a good half an h... | 1 |
23,891 | [
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] | 108 | 132 | Wow, don't watch this thinking it's going to be a relaxing circus evening! It will keep you on the edge of your seat all the way through. Circus has never been more colourful, more exciting and more breathtaking! The whole concept is truely amazing. You're taken into the world of Cirque Du Soleil and are left with a th... | 1 |
23,892 | [
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] | 285 | 379 | Fascinating and amusingly bad, Lights of New York is the first all talkie feature and one that almost never saw the light of day.<br /><br />Two naive barbers (Eddie and Gene) from out of town get involved with bootleggers and end up fronting a speak. When a cop is shot by one of the bootleggers the police start to clo... | 1 |
23,893 | [
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] | 294 | 377 | LIGHTS OF NEW YORK was the first "all-taking" feature film, coming in at a brisk 57 minutes and directed by Bryan Foy (of the famous vaudeville family).<br /><br />The story has two dopey barbers (Cullen Landis, Eugene Palette) yearning for a chance at "big city life" and getting involved with gangsters and bootleg boo... | 1 |
23,894 | [
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] | 797 | 979 | Lights of New York was the first all-talking feature film. There had been, of course, The Jazz Singer, released in Oct. 1927 as the first feature film incorporating synchronized dialog. However, this film released in July 1928 is virtually unremembered for its place in film history. It had started out as a short, but g... | 1 |
23,895 | [
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] | 437 | 564 | "Lights of New York" originally started out as an experimental two reel Vitaphone short that eventually snowballed into the first all talkie feature film. Helene Costelle was supposedly one of the most beautiful actresses in Hollywood and sister to (in my opinion the real beauty) Dolores Costello, who seemed to get all... | 1 |
23,896 | [
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] | 105 | 127 | This is an important historical film since it was the the first all-talking feature film. <br /><br />The film was made for a mere 23,000 dollars.<br /><br />It grossed over a million dollars upon its release. <br /><br />This film all so helped define the gangster melodramas that were to become the bread and butter of... | 1 |
23,897 | [
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] | 130 | 152 | As far as I know this was my first experience with Icelandic movies. It's such a relief to see something else than your regular Hollywood motion picture. Too bad that movies like this one have a small chance of succeeding in the big world. I can only hope that people watch this by accident, by recommendation or other..... | 1 |
23,898 | [
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] | 367 | 462 | It is the best film i have seen in the last 5 years. Surely, it will be in the same row with such masterpieces as The Platoon, Apocalypse Now, The Doors, The Dog's Heart (Russian film). Really, the play of the boy and his parents is so good that you can't even say that they "play". No, they LIVE as if it was happening ... | 1 |
23,899 | [
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] | 177 | 218 | Reading the other comments here at the IMDB, I had very high expectations before seeing 'Angels of the universe'. I wasn't disappointed, and giving the movie an 8, I would say that I can justify that grade.<br /><br />The movie has some incredible acting, especially by the main-person, Pall. The supporting actors are a... | 1 |
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