1964, Japan. Sand and love. Sand and drama. Sand and horror. I saw this movie recently and I won't forget some scenes in really long time. It's just haunting, and has changed my perception about desert and sand...and on top of it you add some erotic scenes that are pure perfection without showing too much nude skin, so at the end you get a very provocative movie. The director is a real artist in creating an atmosphere that's just perfect for the story he tells. Rarely I have seen a better manipulation of light, sound and filming techniques. Many times before I have wondered what a director has in mind when creates a movie so powerful like this one, is he really conscientious about all the final effect on the viewer, or is he expecting everybody to have his own opinion about it? In this case I think the director left too little to your own imagination, but that's not too bad, as the movie DOES manage to transmit, what I think it was, the original message of the director (I'll let you watch the movie, and figure out for yourself that message..).
I gave the movie 8/10 , just because sometimes the sound was not that great, and some scenes had some technical faults(like too dark, or the contrast on the film of bit off). Anyhow, I strongly recommend this movie to any serious lover of art films, and to anyone who wants to rediscover maybe, some feelings no so well expressed in today's cinema.
I gave the movie 8/10 , just because sometimes the sound was not that great, and some scenes had some technical faults(like too dark, or the contrast on the film of bit off). Anyhow, I strongly recommend this movie to any serious lover of art films, and to anyone who wants to rediscover maybe, some feelings no so well expressed in today's cinema.