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Tag Archives: Real-life incident
September 5 (2024) ☆☆☆(3/4): The Munich Massacre of 1972 via live TV
It is always interesting to watch professionals doing their best, and “September 5” is one of such prime examples. Here are a bunch of professionals simply trying to do their job well under one extraordinary circumstance which drew the attention … Continue reading
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Tagged Media, Real-life figure, Real-life incident, Real-life story, Terrorism, TV
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Black Box Diary (2024) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): As she steps forward as a survivor
Documentary film “Black Box Diary”, which received an Oscar nomination a few weeks ago, is a personal chronicle of one young female journalist who courageously stepped forward in public as the survivor of a high-profile case in Japan several years … Continue reading
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Tagged Documentary, Journalist, Real-life figure, Real-life incident, Real-life story, Sex Crime
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Dahomey (2024) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): The return of stolen artifacts
Mati Diop’s documentary film “Dahomey”, which won the Golden Bear award when it was premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival early in last year, mainly revolves around a number of stolen artifacts finally returned to their home country. As … Continue reading
Harbin (2024) ☆☆(2/4): A piece of dry and mediocre seriousness
South Korean film “Harbin” is so serious and ponderous that it often forgets engaging or entertaining its audiences. I do understand that it attempts to be a grim and gritty period drama about one famous real-life national hero and his … Continue reading
Blitz (2024) ☆☆☆(3/4): A boy and his mother under the Blitz
Steve McQueen’s latest film “Blitz”, which is currently available on Apple TV+, tries to bring some new and interesting elements into its familiar genre territory. Although it does not always work, the movie often distinguishes itself with a number of … Continue reading
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Tagged Air bombing, Family, Mother and Son, Real-life incident, World War II
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Breaking (2022) ☆☆☆(3/4): A desperate man driven to the breaking point
“Breaking” is a small but tense drama about one desperate man who resorts to a drastic measure as driven to the breaking point. Inspired by a tragic real-life incident which did happen in Marietta, Atlanta in 2017, the movie patiently … Continue reading
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Tagged Bank Robbery, Hostage, Real-life figure, Real-life incident, Real-life story
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Land of Happiness (2024) ☆☆(2/4): A tediously fictional presentation of one big trial
South Korean film “Land of Happiness” is a tediously fictional presentation of one historical trial which does not interest me much on the whole. Mainly because recent other South Korean film “12.12: The Day” (2023), which is incidentally set in … Continue reading
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Tagged Courtroom, Lawyer, Real-life incident, South Korean Film, Trial
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Hijacking 1971 (2024) ☆☆☆(3/4): An intense South Korean hijacking drama
South Korean film “Hijacking 1971” almost made me forget that it is actually the heavily fictionalized version of one real-life incident. While I and many other audiences knew where it will eventually land, we all were gripped by its dramatic … Continue reading
Soup and Ideology (2021) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): Eating together as family despite all that
Documentary film “Soup and Ideology”, which I belatedly checked out yesterday, presents a modest but intimate personal story closely associated with the dark past of the Korean history during the 20th century. As its Korean Japanese director tries to understand … Continue reading
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Tagged Documentary, Family, Korean Japanese, Mother and daughter, Real-life figure, Real-life incident, Real-life story
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Until the Stones Speak (2022) ☆☆☆(3/4): The memories of a massacre
South Korean documentary film “Until the Stones Speak” is often haunting as simply listening to the sad and bitter testimonies from five old ladies who have coped with each own pain and trauma from one of the most atrocious incidents … Continue reading
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Tagged Documentary, Massacre, Real-life figure, Real-life incident, Real-life story, South Korean Film, Survivor
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