Ichikawa brilliantly captures Murakami's blend of whimsy, irony and melancholy, while finding intelligent and inventive ways to convert the author's verbal idiosyncrasies to a visual medium.
06/14/07 05:52 AM
Tony Takitani (2005)
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Reviews Counted: 49 Fresh: 44 Rotten:5 Average Rating: 7.4/10
Consensus: Despite its deceptive wispiness, this delicately lovely and melancholy film about loneliness has a haunting power. more
Runtime: 75 mins
Synopsis:
TONY TAKITANI is an eloquent, deftly told tale based on a short story published in The New Yorker, written by Japanese bestselling author Haruki Murakami (NORWEGIAN WOOD, KAFKA ON THE SHORE). Issey Ogata stars as the title character, a simple, undemanding mechanical draftsman who lives a... [More]
Genre: Foreign Films
Starring: Issey Ogata, Miyazawa Rie, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Shinohara Takahumi, Shihodo Wataru
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06/24/06 04:22 AM
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This could reverently be called a model of minimalism, but I am more inclined to call it dull as dishwater.
03/01/07 03:54 AM
Filme de construção poética e delicada, encanta pelo tocante estudo de personagens e por discutir, através de seus quadros reveladores, temas complexos como a solidão, a natureza da memória, fetiches e obsessões.
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06/26/06 10:38 PM
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05/12/06 03:16 AM
Jun Ichikawa's slight, lovely little drama understands the pleasure of seeing, using many quiet, patient takes to absorb its delicate visuals.
04/21/06 08:15 AM
embodies that lose-lose conundrum we all face: loneliness is painful, but finding and then losing love is just as bad
01/31/06 09:25 AM
Ichikawa evokes the heady and suffocating effect of the past playing irrevocable catch-up with itself.
01/14/06 04:12 AM
It's a serene experience, letting the film wash over you and transport you into its isolated, melancholy little world.
12/31/05 04:14 AM
it's a hypnotic mood piece on love and loss, one that knows -- at 75 minutes -- not to overstay its welcome.
12/16/05 04:42 PM
The Japanese movie is tranquil, smoothly connecting its scenes with gradual pans from one image to the next, accompanied by spare music that sounds like early morning and loneliness.
12/08/05 03:23 PM
An ethereal modern fable without a moral, Tony Takatani seeps into the soul and lingers. For filmgoers in search of a quietly absorbing escape, it might be the perfect holiday-movie antidote.
12/08/05 03:20 PM
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12/06/05 08:11 PM
Top Critic Though it falters as a narrative, Tony Takitani sticks in the mind with its poetic contemplativeness.
11/04/05 04:34 PM
The pacing is reserved to the point of being funereal, and the Ryuishi Sakamoto score is likely to lull you to sleep.
11/04/05 08:43 AM
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