Upon returning to his hometown under mysterious circumstances, Katsu finds himself wandering around town. He starts off working at a local theatre where he ends up having an affair with the theater owner. Unwilling to settle though he soon comes into the company of a couple of the locals, a young couple he meets one day while they are making love in a field.
Katsu's past remains somewhat hidden, refusing to acknowledge his identity to the various townsfolk that recognizes him from his youth. Although his secret is never made clear the severity is made clear through his reactions to those in the town and his somewhat nihilistic nature. "Lovers Are Wet" is a brief glimpse into the life of this mysterious figure and his faults that turned him into the man that he is.
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Although everyone plays their roles rather aloof, it works well with the film and the atmosphere Kumashiro was trying to create. The film is a bleak character study and Toru Ohe is ideal in the role as Katsu. Although not commanding a wide range of emotions, he takes on the part with such certainty and confidence that he becomes one of the more memorable protagainst I have come across in the Roman Porno Sub-Genre. As a result, the rest of the cast is elevated by adding depth to Katsu's mysterious charchter, given the fact that much like the viewer the rest of the cast is trying to better interpret who Katsu is.
The film is well shot and on par with the standards that fans of erotic films of the 70's would expect. The visuals stuck with me a bit more given that I think the location work was really well done for this film, from the cramped theater to the open fields I always enjoyed the surroundings the charachters found themselves in. The score is also familiar for the genre and compliments the film
The film conveys the feelings of the characters very well. Phillip Noyce uses lighting which always goes very well with the scenes even though he uses a lot of non-diegetic and contrapuntal sounds. The film?s shots are always correct and seem to have a purpose and the editing is wonderful.
Overall, the score was beautiful and appropriate, adding suspense and mystery at all the right times. The sound effects added psychological flavor to the story without drawing too much attention to it.
Like a painting by Dali, you feel that every new thing you uncover has another waiting below it. The camera angles and lighting are tied into the film to turn the whole story into a smooth flowing work that is more pleasing to watch in black and white than most movies are in color. The overacting makes a few scenes in the movie difficult to watch, but the rest of the film picks up the slack.
Indeed, I found that this documentary had distinctive and remarkable visuals. I specifically liked the recreation of certain scenes. I liked how when the narrator was speaking about the middle passage the background would change to make it look like if Henry Louis Gates Jr. was traveling back in time to that specific moment. Furthermore, I liked how the filmmakers keep the events in chronological order and how the nar...
In one particular scene, director was truly a great one, featuring special focus on his dad life and the Colorado River. It was so cool to highlights of the movie by one of his favorite poem written by his dad when he was born, the Important Place. Also, this film was a good length, not excessively long but long enough to tell the story. This is really important today there were no such unwanted scene in the film, which literary the most closely and accurately delivered. In my opinion, this film is forced to possess the characters of a great aspect, and turns to make for quite the adventurous. There was no special character encounter rather than his dad, learned something from the secret Colorado River. Another great aspect of the film was the special footage that were introduce in this film was an enjoyable aspect to be a good documentary film, and that’s how this film is different from the rest.
For Nicholas Ray to put so much thought and effort into the placement of the characters, and the camera, it allows for a much more enjoyable experience for the careful viewer. Many people would just overlook some of the things he is doing with the camera but if you are a part of the people that do not, your understanding for the movie and characters increases colossally. And this is only one aspect of the movie, in which Nicholas Ray put so much care towards. He put the same amount of care into the other aspects of the movie, such as the sounds and the plot. He took a movie with a good plot and made it amazing, by putting great care towards every little aspect of the movie.
Baz Luhrmann has done this film in a unique and brilliant way, with help of the above, and of course a great loved story as a base.
The eighth of November, 2032, for any magnate or modern baron in the Magellan Confederation, was another day of no importance and little consequence.
This autobiographical touch, and the documentary style gives the film an emotional focus and depth that never goes out of style - and that is why the film still touches audiences today.
The idea of sexuality as constructed by Ancient Romans is wholly complex as was most of Roman society. An interesting way to look at Roman sexuality is through the lens of Roman society. Ancient Roman sexuality was not uniform throughout society and different societal classes created different types of sexualities. Three authors examine sexuality from three different social realms, the realm of the prostitute, the realm of Roman patricians in terms of contraception, and the realm of Vestal Virgins. Prostitutes in Rebecca Flemming's article, "Quae Corpore Quaestum Facit: The Sexual Economy of Female Prostitution in the Roman Empire" are a representation of lower class sexuality. Mary Beard's article, "The Sexual Status of Vestal Virgins" examines a form of deviant sexuality based around religious values. Lastly, Keith Hopkins' article," Contraception in the Roman Empire" examines the sexual practices of upper class Romans using contraception and abortifacents, vital conclusions about Ancient Roman society and sexuality can be determined.
Unlike sex, the history of sexuality is dependant upon society and limited by its language in order to be defined and understood.
...n though they are approached in different ways to make this much more of a Hollywood film, but a work of art nonetheless. This is also more of the kind of film an audience of my age is used to seeing, so approaching it in an analytical setting was very interesting and significant when it came to experiencing the film in a different way. The weaving in between dreams gave the film an essence of French New Wave with the film’s long shots within which ever dream the central group is in, but breaking continuity in order to maintain a connection between each group member stuck in a dream phase. Also, I noticed as the group progressed further into the dreams, each dream world got lighter, however, once the groups falls into to limbo, the lighting is dark and ominous, creating the mysterious vibe that makes the film linger with wonder to the viewer after the conclusion.
...movie that I fell in love with. But most of all I love how the story line is a great overlap into the cinematically engaging movie. There is a great use of camera, timing, shots and story line that are portrayed in this movie without being too overwhelming. This allows the audience to relax during the movie and just take in the scenes as a story from reality. To this day, and even still doing this paper I still come to find different aspects of the movie that I missed the previous times I have watched it.
...impossible to find myself anywhere but sitting on the edge of my seat. It was difficult to predict what would come next, constant suspense was all around. Thus, making the situations portrayed more interesting and entertaining to the viewer of the film.
I view this as one of the few truly great movies of all time. I say this because it carries all of the basic cinematic elements that compose a great film. These elements begin with the characters. You can hardly expect to enjoy a movie if the characters are not believable. In this particular movie the characters were not only believable but you could identify yourself a little in one or all of the characters. One thing that can have an unfortunate detraction from even a good movie is anachronisms. The only one I found was a halogen bulb in a light fixture. However, I doubt anyone would notice were they not looking for one. This movie can be enjoyed by even the most mentally devoid of audiences. The reason for this is that most people do not like being bossed around or forced to do anything. It did make me think about how little freedom we actually have in life and how we all need to live just a little bit more.