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Tag Archives: Real-life story
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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The Beach Boys (2024) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): The history of the Beach Boys
Documentary film “The Beach Boys”, which was released on Disney+ on two days ago, looks over the history of the Beach Boys, one of the legendary American bands during the 1960s. While it is fairly informative to anyone not so … Continue reading
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Tagged Band, Documentary, Musician, Real-life figure, Real-life story
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Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg (2023) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): The ups and downs in her life
Documentary film “Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg” attempts to delve into the dramatic life story of Anita Pallenberg, a German-Italian model/actress who has mostly been known for her complicated personal relationship with the Rolling Stones. It is often … Continue reading
Squaring the Circle: The Story of Hipgnosis (2022) ☆☆☆(3/4): The story of one album art design studio
Documentary film “Squaring the Circle: The Story of Hipgnonsis” presents the story of one British album art design studio which gave us some of the most iconic album covers of all time. Although I do not know that much about … Continue reading
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Tagged Design, Documentary, Music, Real-life figure, Real-life story
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Tchaikovsky’s Wife (2022) ☆☆(2/4): The Passion of Tchaikovsky’s Wife
They say misery loves company, but, after watching Kirill Serebrennikov’s “Tchaikovsky’s Wife”, I am wondering whether Russians love misery more than it wants. Here is a relentlessly grim, solemn, and miserable film which does not have much sense of human … Continue reading
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Tagged Artist, Composer, Homosexaulity, Husband and Wife, Real-life figure, Real-life story
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They Shot the Piano Player (2022) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): The disappearance of Francisco Tenório Júnior
How much I actually came to learn about Francisco Tenório Júnior? That was a lingering question left in my mind after I watched animated docudrama film “They Shot the Piano Player”, which was mainly about the real-life disappearance and presumed … Continue reading
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Tagged Animation, Disappearance, Docudrama, Musician, Real-life figure, Real-life story
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BlackBerry (2023) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): The Rise and Fall of BlackBerry
You probably remember that there was a very popular smartphone called BlackBerry before iPhone and many other smartphones. To be frank with you, I never used BlackBerry because I stuck to my small cellular phone during that time although I … Continue reading
Madu (2024) ☆☆☆(3/4): A talented boy from Nigeria
Documentary film “Madu”, which is currently available on Disney+, closely follows one talented boy from Nigeria. Although there are a number of small and big obstacles despite one very fortunate opportunity given to him, he keeps trying nonetheless as helped … Continue reading
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Tagged Ballet, Dancer, Documentary, Real-life figure, Real-life story, School
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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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Scoop (2024) ☆☆☆(3/4): How they got a scoop on Prince Andrew
Netflix film “Scoop”, which was released a few weeks ago, tries to give us a close look into the real-life story behind one of the most notorious TV interviews during last several years. Although I have no idea on how … Continue reading
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Tagged Interview, Journalist, Real-life figure, Real-life story, Royal Family
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