Tag Archives: Depression

Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (2014) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): A doomed quest inspired by “Fargo”

Posted on November 27, 2015 by kaist455

On one cold day of 2001 November, a Japanese woman named Takako Konishi was found dead in a field outside Detroit Lakes, Minnesota. Around that time, it was widely rumored that she came to Minnesota to search for that famous … Continue reading →

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Oslo, August 31st (2011) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : One summer day of a young addict

Posted on November 30, 2012 by kaist455

Sometimes movies provide the moments I understand well with empathy even though I am completely different from their characters. I remember how I sympathetically reacted to one particular scene around the finale of “The Hurt Locker”(2008) because I would also … Continue reading →

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Melancholia (2011) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : The end of the world imagined by Lars von Trier

Posted on May 5, 2012 by kaist455

The end of the world is coming. This is inevitable, and nothing can abort it, and everything on the Earth will be destroyed forever along with the Earth itself. This is quite a depressing news, but Lars von Trier’s “Melancholia” … Continue reading →

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