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Tag Archives: Illness
Certain Women (2016) ☆☆☆(3/4): A trio of haunting human dramas set in Montana
Looking over a train passing by a vast, remote landscape, the main title sequence of “Certain Women” hauntingly sets the tone for three stories to be unfolded one by one in a rural area of Montana. While not all of … Continue reading
Concussion (2015) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): An inconvenient medical truth
Around late 2011, I read a series of disturbing articles from New York Times. The articles were about a young professional hockey player named Derek Boogaard, and that was the first time I heard about chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). While … Continue reading
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Tagged American Football, Doctor, Illness, Real-life figure, Real-life story
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Chronic (2015) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4) : Living through his sick people
It is always interesting to observe human behaviors from movies. “Chronic”, which received the Best Screenplay award at the Cannes Film Festival in last year, engaged me because of its calm observation of curious human behaviors, but I was also … Continue reading
Cake (2014) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4) : Broken Body, Broken Mind, and Cake
There are good parts in “Cake” which almost make it look like a film worthwhile to watch, and then there are also bad parts which could have been discarded or modified without any serious problem. The movie wants to … Continue reading
A Late Quartet (2012) ☆☆☆(3/4) : A quartet at its late turning point
“A Late Quartet” plays a familiar life drama in a deep, somber tone with its reliable instruments. Using one famous classic piece as the metaphor of life, the movie observes the harmony and disharmony between the human characters who have … Continue reading
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Tagged Husband and Wife, Illness, Musician, Parkinson's Disease, Quartet, Romance
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