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For this Sunday Kino Night, first up is Fireworks (1997), aka Hana-bi, a police drama about an aging cop who’s had enough of the force and just wants to get out, amidst mounting difficulties in both his personal life and his job. He starts making some rash decisions, and things start going downhill from there. ACAB: The Movie. The film is directed by and stars renowned auteur Takeshi Kitano, whose yakuza story Sonatine (1997) and buddy comedy Kikujiro (1999) we previously watched. This is considered by many to be his magnum opus. Sounds good; let’s watch.
Next is The Train (1964), a WW2 thriller about a ruthless Nazi general who wants to transport a collection of looted artifacts out of France via train during the Allied invasion in 1944. The French Resistance catches wind of the plan, and a small band of them pursues and boards the train to keep it from leaving France, taking out some Nazis along the way. This is a Hollywoodized take on WW2, the kind where the French and German characters all speak English, but it is considered one of tbe best of its kind. Director is John Frankenheimer, who is otherwise best-known for The Manchurian Candidate (1962) and face-transplant drama Seconds (1966), the latter of which we previously watched.
We’ll start at 8PM EST on Hextube, right here:
https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies
Be there, comrades!
Letterboxd:
- Fireworks: https://letterboxd.com/film/fireworks-1997/
- The Train: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-train/
Doesthedogdie.com links:
- Hana-bi: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119250/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg
- The Train: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059825/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg
CWs for Fireworks:
- Suicide.
- Terminal illness.
- Beatings.
- Gun violence.
- Blood and gore.
- Police brutality.
- Stabbing.
- Eye trauma.
- Cutting of flesh.
- Alcohol.
- Smoking.
CWs for The Train:
- War crimes.
- Nazis.
- Explosions.
- Gun violence.
- Profanity.
- Smoking.
- Alcohol.
- Train crash.
- Leg injury.
Links to movies:
- Fireworks: https://tankie.tube/w/1u9stgoQMF5MDeLQVceVmR
- The Train: https://tankie.tube/w/3iYW7hDEDvkxmNnf5tQ4XP
I don't know what the list of CWs you use is, but you should probably add suicide and terminal illness to Hana-Bi. It's a pretty sad film. The first time I watched the film I was crying, laughing and crying laughing. It's somehow both devastatingly sad and cold while also incredibly funny. Hope you folks enjoy it.
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