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De-illusionist
I don't have English degree.as you see.
"De illusionist"(http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087456/combined)is my favorite movie,(1984,Holland)and Title in US is "The illusionist".I picked Holland title just because US title is taken.
Even odd one,I'm Japanese after all,I don't like swear.I expect people to be polite and I will try.I will just evade kids.
Reviews
Hotaru no haka (1988)
I write this review instead of my late mother,born in 1937,Okayama,Japan.
My mother was not political person.Didn't watch many Animes.
One day,I think in her late 60's,we were watching This movie,I think I wanted to watch because I've read Nosaka Akiyuki's book when I was in Middle School.
When whole movie ended,I heard unusual sound.My mother was wailing.Like,Screaming.with,gut wrenching voice.I have never heard My mother cry like that.
She was older than Setsuko,younger than Seita.She has Older brother,and younger sisters.She had both parents,but they were always hungry after WWII.
With people like my mother,or,Mr.Takahata,Mr.Nosaka,Human memories will fade.I still remember my mother's voice.She was wartime kid like Seita and Setsuko.I hope you watch this movie and imagine what war did and still does to kids.
Into the Abyss (2011)
I hope Director and people outside will understand human mental reaction.
I'd better to say I might be biased.I'm not "Hey,this is killer!"person.
And here,Herzog met MIchael,28 yrs old kid,just lost his father 2 weeks before,
and facing imminent execution.Some people found his laugh ,like "Sick"or "Psychopath".No,It was,Human's defense system.
Even cats purr when he/she is dying.
I've read one of recent executed inmate was so Hyper the morning he will be executed.(RIP..)
People sometime laugh,depends of individual,
when he/she knows his/her heart will stop by some chemical injected.
It's not they're Psychopath,but just showing the are human.
(Translated review I wrote for Amazon.jp years ago,and added new info)
Ironweed (1987)
Great Supporting actors.
I watched Ironweed back in 80's,5times on screen.Mainly because I am a big fan of Tom Waits..But something inside this very depressing movie caught then-Student's mind. Now I can watch with DVD,and knew many supporting actor is gone now. Some of them were already old age back then.Lots of sparkle came from those supporting actors. You can see younger day's Nathan Lane (well,Same Nathan who is on "Modern Family")giving the scene great impression. Tom Waits gave the role pure innocence. Not only Lead Actors,Many people wrote,Those supporting actors gave "Ironweed" magic. There's something not only depressed,something pure.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Torch (2010)
This is a disrespect for real innocent man.
Law&Order,especially SVU have been used real event as stories,without mentioning the story was real,and most of the time,only ending or small parts are different from real event.
This time,Real man is mentioned in episode. But if You know the name "Cameron Todd Willingham"who is mentioned in this story as "innocent man executed in Texas and (political)tragedy he had been suffered,",You may think this episode is just negligent. Whole story is Mr.Willingham and another innocent man in Texas (Saved by same scientist who tried to save Mr.Willingham.I avoid to mention his name as he is free man.)have experienced. Scientist in this episode is just a mimic of real person.Scientific experiment is same one.
Mr.Willingham's innocence is known for many people by Chicago Tribune,and New York Times's report ion 2009.in 2010,This episode was made quickly.They jumped to real story and mentioned about innocent man in Texas like an excuse.This episode is stolen from real man's life no one can get it back.