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“To be honest, since I didn’t hear much from the guy anymore, I thought that John Boorman did retire but, apparently, he did release another directing effort a couple of years ago. It was called ‘Queen & Country’ and it was rather obscure like most of his recent work. Anyway, I always had a” read more
Notes: To be honest, it has been a while since I have seen this flick and I should definitely re-watch it at some point. Basically, back in the 90’s, I used to be a massive fan of Takeshi Kitano’s work (he was probably one of the best directors at work at the time) and I managed to watch most of his movies. This feature was probably his most acclaimed directing effort (it even won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival) so I had some rather high expectations before watching the damned thing. Well, eventually, honestly, even though I really liked it, I can’t say it really blew me away but maybe it was because my expectations were too high. It was still a solid movie, a typical Kitano feature seemingly mixing poetry and violence and I think it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre. 
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“My father has always been interested in gypsies and he had mentioned a few times that ‘Latcho Drom’ was a great movie about the subject. For some reasons (probably because it is pretty damned obscure), I never saw this flick but I did manage to see this follow-up directed by the same director ” read more
“I remember it very well when this movie was released in France. Indeed, it was a big event because it was based on a massive classic of the French literature written by Emile Zola and there was also a major casting stunt by hiring Renaud to play the lead character. Indeed, Renaud was and still is a ” read more
Notes: Before ‘Magnolia’ and ‘There will be blood’, it is with this movie that Paul Thomas Anderson started to get some deserved attention. To be honest, I had no idea what to expect from this flick and I went to see it because it seemed to be fun. Eventually, it turned out to be much better than I expected and, out of a topic which has produced some many lame comedies, Anderson managed to make made a really entertaining but also quite fascinating feature. I was also really impressed by the great cast involved. Especially for Mark Wahlberg, he will eventually get his breakthrough thanks to this movie and it is a real shame that he doesn’t make such movies anymore. Anyway, eventually, even though it tends to be overlooked nowadays, I really loved the damned thing and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you are interested in Paul Thomas Anderson’s work. 
“At some point, I came across this movie and I thought it could be neat. Well, eventually, it turned out to be one of the most messed up Christmas movie I have ever seen but even though the whole thing definitely had some potential, it didn’t really work for me, I’m afraid. At the end of the day,” read more
“Since I kept hearing some pretty good things about Felix Van Groeningen, I was really glad to finally watch one of his movies. Eventually, I was certainly not disappointed and I will definitely check his other movies when I have the opportunity. Still, even though I did like the damned thing, there ” read more
