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Tag / 1988

February 1, 2021February 1, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Ashik Kerib (1988)

  • Parajanov, Sergei
  • 1988, Azerbaijan, Sergei Parajanov, Soviet Union
  • 1 Comment

With wall-to-wall ethnic music and a highly-theatrical style, Parajanov’s last completed feature may be the most accessible of his most well-known folkloric works, best described as an experimental Fellini on steroids. 

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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September 17, 2020September 19, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Grave of the Fireflies (1988)

  • Takahata, Isao
  • 1988, Isao Takahata, Japan, Studio Ghibli
  • 10 Comments

One of the greatest of all Japanese anime from the master Isao Takahata, this holds enough emotional power to reduce any grownup into a sobering mess.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Rating: 5 out of 5.

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December 27, 2019October 16, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Last Temptation of Christ, The (1988)

  • Criterion Collection, Scorsese, Martin
  • 1988, Martin Scorsese, USA
  • 7 Comments

Scorsese’s most misunderstood film is also one of his masterpieces – an intensely personal, highly evocative and possibly the most spiritually affirmative picture about Christ ever made.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Rating: 5 out of 5.

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October 20, 2019October 20, 2019 by Eternality Tan

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)

  • Almodovar, Pedro, Criterion Collection
  • 1988, Pedro Almodovar, Spain
  • 1 Comment

4.5 stars

The film that launched Almodovar internationally as an auteur is a tragicomic screwball farce whose effortless execution is as impressive as it is sublime.

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December 21, 2018December 24, 2019 by Eternality Tan

Short Film About Killing, A (1988)

  • Criterion Collection, Kieslowski, Krzysztof
  • 1988, Krzysztof Kieslowski, Poland
  • 4 Comments

4.5 stars

Kieslowski juxtaposes empathy with morality in this powerful film – as essential a watch as any in cinema on the nature of killing, government-sanctioned or otherwise.

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December 20, 2018May 5, 2019 by Eternality Tan

Dekalog: One (1988)

  • Criterion Collection, Kieslowski, Krzysztof
  • 1988, Dekalog, Krzysztof Kieslowski, Poland
  • 11 Comments

5 stars

Belief systems—namely science and faith—meet at the crossroads in this powerful and devastating first episode of ‘Dekalog’.

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December 20, 2018May 5, 2019 by Eternality Tan

Dekalog: Two (1988)

  • Criterion Collection, Kieslowski, Krzysztof
  • 1988, Dekalog, Krzysztof Kieslowski, Poland
  • 9 Comments

4.5 stars

A tale centering on fate and morality involving a doctor, a woman and her severely ill husband, in this ambiguously-layered second episode of ‘Dekalog’.

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December 20, 2018May 5, 2019 by Eternality Tan

Dekalog: Three (1988)

  • Criterion Collection, Kieslowski, Krzysztof
  • 1988, Dekalog, Krzysztof Kieslowski, Poland
  • 9 Comments

3.5 stars

The third episode of ‘Dekalog’ is good but not great, and doesn’t resonate as powerfully as the first two.

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December 19, 2018May 5, 2019 by Eternality Tan

Dekalog: Four (1988)

  • Criterion Collection, Kieslowski, Krzysztof
  • 1988, Dekalog, Krzysztof Kieslowski, Poland
  • 9 Comments

3.5 stars

The philosophy that life sometimes unfolds for the better when there’s psychological ambiguity over emotional clarity is explored with a light Freudian touch in this fourth episode of ‘Dekalog’.

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December 19, 2018May 5, 2019 by Eternality Tan

Dekalog: Five (1988)

  • Criterion Collection, Kieslowski, Krzysztof
  • 1988, Dekalog, Krzysztof Kieslowski, Poland
  • 9 Comments

4.5 stars

A powerful emotional and moral examination of the irrationality of a killer’s actions and the consequent state-sanctioned murder, shot in a haunting vignette effect visual style.

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