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Tag / 1999

February 17, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Bringing Out the Dead (1999)

  • Scorsese, Martin
  • 1999, Martin Scorsese, USA
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A lesser but somewhat stylishly-crafted effort by Scorsese, featuring Nicolas Cage as a burnt-out paramedic who works the graveyard shift and is haunted by the victims he couldn’t save.

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Rating: 3 out of 5.

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November 24, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)

  • Criterion Collection, Jarmusch, Jim
  • 1999, Jim Jarmusch, USA
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A riveting if underrated postmodernist tale by Jarmusch about the multiplicities and intersections of cultures new and old, starring an excellent Forest Whitaker as a hip-hop listening African-American hitman deeply influenced by the ancient mythos of the Japanese samurai.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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August 15, 2021April 24, 2022 by Eternality Tan

L’humanite (1999)

  • Criterion Collection, Dumont, Bruno
  • 1999, Bruno Dumont, France
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Slow cinema as an anti-police procedural, Dumont’s fascinating if unclassifiable work features a hypnotic Emmanuel Schotte (in his only film role), whose face must be one of the most arresting in all of cinema.

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

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July 12, 2021November 21, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Wind Will Carry Us, The (1999)

  • Kiarostami, Abbas
  • 1999, Abbas Kiarostami, Iran
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Kiarostami’s observant eye for landscapes and people reaches its apotheosis here in this graceful, if sometimes elusive, meditation on life and mortality.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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July 9, 2021August 8, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Any Given Sunday (1999)

  • Stone, Oliver
  • 1999, Oliver Stone, USA
  • 1 Comment

Perhaps too unfairly dissed, this is electrifying filmmaking by Stone as he captures the excessive machismo of sport—in this case, American football—with flashy editing and an energetic ensemble cast that includes strong turns by Al Pacino and Jamie Foxx.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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February 20, 2021October 30, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Matrix, The (1999)

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  • 1999, Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski, USA
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A landmark ‘90s sci-fi masterpiece with that rare combo of style and substance—two decades later, it loses none of its sobering philosophical inquiry.

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Rating: 5 out of 5.

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December 9, 2020December 9, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Darkness and Light (1999)

  • Chang Tso-chi
  • 1999, Chang Tso-chi, Taiwan
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This is a superb early work from Chang Tso-chi, focusing on a family whose members are mostly visually-impaired, and shot in a poetic, dreamy style that accumulates emotional power by the end.

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

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September 24, 2020 by Eternality Tan

My Neighbors the Yamadas (1999)

  • Takahata, Isao
  • 1999, Isao Takahata, Japan, Studio Ghibli
  • 3 Comments

Studio Ghibli’s first full digital animation is a light-hearted and free-spirited take on urban family life told in humorous, sometimes fantastical, vignettes that are created in a minimalist watercolour style.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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September 8, 2020September 8, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Sicily! (1999)

  • Straub-Huillet, Jean-Marie & Daniele
  • 1999, Daniele Huillet, France, Jean-Marie Straub
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A more accessible Straub-Huillet work than usual, focusing on a man who returns to Sicily and the artfully-staged conversations he has with various people in his journey.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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March 14, 2020November 30, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Rosetta (1999)

  • Criterion Collection, Dardenne, Jean-Pierre & Luc
  • 1999, Belgium, Dardenne, Jean-Pierre & Luc
  • 3 Comments

Arguably the Dardennes’ most important film with a searing performance by debutant Emilie Dequenne, though its nauseating vérité style takes getting used to.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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