Tony Takitani (2005)
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Reviews Counted:51
Fresh:46
Rotten:5
Average Rating:7.4/10
Consensus: Despite its deceptive wispiness, this delicately lovely and melancholy film about loneliness has a haunting power.
Theatrical Release:21-04-2006
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... [More]
Starring: Issey Ogata, Miyazawa Rie, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Shinohara Takahumi
Director: Jun Ichikawa
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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. Full Review |
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Scarcely satisfies, yet it lingers -- limpidity of image along with imperceptible epiphanies Full Review |
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This could reverently be called a model of minimalism, but I am more inclined to call it dull as dishwater. Full Review |
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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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Jun Ichikawa's slight, lovely little drama understands the pleasure of seeing, using many quiet, patient takes to absorb its delicate visuals. Full Review |
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embodies that lose-lose conundrum we all face: loneliness is painful, but finding and then losing love is just as bad Full Review |
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Ichikawa evokes the heady and suffocating effect of the past playing irrevocable catch-up with itself. Full Review |
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It's a serene experience, letting the film wash over you and transport you into its isolated, melancholy little world. Full Review |
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it's a hypnotic mood piece on love and loss, one that knows -- at 75 minutes -- not to overstay its welcome. Full Review |
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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. Full Review |
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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. Full Review |
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