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Cut: Venice Film Review
The idea of ‘suffering for one’s art’ is taken to unbearable extremes in Amir Naderi’s woeful Cut, a ludicrous psychological thriller about a passionate cinephile who falls foul of local Yakuzas. Apparently intended as a tribute to the greats of Japanese cinema, this misbegotten mess is a Japanese production that sees Iranian writer-director Naderi – a long-time exile in the U.S. – working in Japanese with Japanese actors. But only the most undiscerning adherent of that nation’s movies, or those who get a kick out of seeing people beaten to a pulp, will get much edification or enjoyment out of this repetitive, paceless 133-minute slog.
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The Bottom Line An insufferably pretentious descent into movie-madness and brutal masochism.
While never achieving the renown of countrymen Kiarostami, Panahi or Makhmalbaf, Naderi has built a considerable reputation over the past four decades, one that will likely result in a scattering of festival bookings for Cut. However, its noxious mediocrity will surely serve to shrink rather than bolster this following.
Naderi, 65, remains best known for his 1985 Iranian picture The Runner, and his latest Stateside produ
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A Thousand Dreams of You
1999 - COUNTDOWN WITH YOU
Leslie had once said, “My career is the only thing that worries me. I am a very enterprising man and put all my focus on my career. They know I have done my best for my career. And after all these years, Leslie Cheung still stands here and does all these things for them. I am still commercially successful and get good responses from them. All this is due to my performance in my career. That is all they need to know, and my personal life is purely a matter of privacy.”
Now, Before and Then
Three hundred and sixty five days of the last year of the second millenium passed quickly in Leslie’s life. On 18 January 1999, “A Time To Remember” premiered in Hong Kong. Although a copy of this visually beautiful film was dubbed in Cantonese, the dialogue of the version of the film that was screened in Hong Kong was still a mix of English and Mandarin. This last year of the millenium was still a year of hard work for Leslie. His career was the most important thing in his life. Leslie recalled his early days as a new performer when a radio host talked about the lack of respect that new singers displayed, and asked Leslie’s opinion. Leslie said that those new singers were definitely luckier tha