Battle In Heaven (Batalla En El Cielo)
(Country: Mexico/France/Germany/Belgium; Year: 2005; Director: Carlos Reygadas; Writer: Carlos Reygadas; Stars: Marcos Hernandez, Anapola Mushkadiz, Berta Ruiz, David Bornstien, Rosilanda Ramirez)
Berlin International Film Festival · 2024
4 films · 4 reviews
(Country: Mexico/France/Germany/Belgium; Year: 2005; Director: Carlos Reygadas; Writer: Carlos Reygadas; Stars: Marcos Hernandez, Anapola Mushkadiz, Berta Ruiz, David Bornstien, Rosilanda Ramirez)
The special effects in Roland Emmerich's 1998 remake may have been bigger and better, but what it lacks is the chilling seriousness of the original.
(Country: Japan; Year: 1954; Director: Ishiro Honda; Writer: Takeo Murata, Ishiro Honda, from an original story by Shigeru Kayama; Stars: Takashi Shimura, Akira Takarada, Momoko Kochi, Akihiko Hirata, Fuyuki Murakami, Sachio Sakai, Toranosuke Ogawa, Ren Yamamoto, Toshiaki Suzuki, Ken Hayashi, Keiji Sakakida, Seijiro Onda, Kin Sugai)
Tarkovsky's gently gliding camera expertly frames each shot and the use of light and of crisp natural sound is breathtaking.
(Country: Sweden, UK, France; Year: 1986; Director: Andrei Tarkovsky; Writer: Andrei Tarkovsky; Stars: Erland Josephson, Susan Fleetwood, Tommy Kjellqvist, Allan Edwall, Guðrún Gísladóttir, Sven Wollter)
After seeing this film, you will never look at watermelon the same way again.
(Country: France, Taiwan; Year: 2005; Director: Tsai Ming-liang; Writer: Tsai Ming-liang; Stars: Lee Kang-sheng, Chen Shiang-chyi)
59th New York Film Festival early bird highlights Futura, Jane By Charlotte, James Baldwin: From Another Place and The Velvet Underground
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