Zigeunerweisen (1980) (Tsigoineruwaizen) (1980)

Watched in 2019 (214 movies items)

"28.12. Liian omituisten yakuza-elokuviensa takia isojen japanilaisstudioiden mustalle listalle joutuneelle Seijun Suzukille annettiin 1980-luvun alussa vapaat kädet tehdä mitä huvittaa. Taishō-trilogian ensimmäinen osa on malliesimerkki siitä, mitä tapahtuu, kun omalaatuinen höppänä saa toteuttaa itseään. Murhamysteeri muuttuu nopeasti professorin ja hänen eksentrisen boheemiystävänsä rakkauden ja kuoleman pohdinnaksi. Suurten oivallusten sijaan hahmot innostuvat enemmän jauhet"

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"Directed by: Seijun Suzuki A surreal period film following an university professor and his eerie nomad friend as they go through loose romantic triangles and face death in peculiar ways."

Movies Watched in 2019 (225 movies items)

"March 11th Directed by: Seijun Suzuki This is one of those movies where you're just sitting in awe of literally every single shot, it never ends. Suzuki brought back his cinematographer from the 60's, Kazue Nagatsuka, whose last project was 13 years earlier, 1967, the same year he worked on Branded to Kill with Suzuki. This film is shot in 4:3 which tends to make me think of Ozu, but the general mise-en-scène also helped a lot in making that comparison. Zigeunerweisen gets it's name from the "