968 Japón

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968 Japón

#1 Post by swo17 » Fri Dec 14, 2018 5:40 pm

Japón

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In this preternaturally assured feature debut by Carlos Reygadas, a man (Alejandro Ferretis) travels from Mexico City to an isolated village to commit suicide; once there, however, he meets a pious elderly woman (Magdalena Flores) whose quiet humanity incites a reawakening of his desires. Recruiting a cast of nonactors and filming in sublime 16 mm CinemaScope, Reygadas explores the harsh beauty of the Mexican countryside with earthy tactility, conjuring a psychic landscape where religion mingles with sex, life coexists with death, and the animal and spiritual sides of human experience become indistinguishable. A work of soaring ambition and startling visual poetry, Japón is an existential journey through uncharted cinematic territory that established the singular voice of its director.

DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

• New 2K digital restoration, supervised by director Carlos Reygadas, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray
• New conversation between Reygadas and filmmaker Amat Escalante
• Video diary shot by actor Alejandro Ferretis during the film's production
Maxhumain, a short film directed by Reygadas in 1999
• Deleted scene
• Trailer
• PLUS: A new essay by novelist Valeria Luiselli

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Re: 968 Japón

#2 Post by dda1996a » Fri Dec 14, 2018 6:36 pm

Silent Light unseen, I haven't cared for any Reygadas so far. Hopefully a rewatch in HD this time will make me like this more than just it's beautiful ending

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Re: 968 Japón

#3 Post by John Cope » Fri Dec 14, 2018 6:42 pm

This is the only Reygadas I actually like (at least to date) so, hey, good choice!

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Re: 968 Japón

#4 Post by dda1996a » Fri Dec 14, 2018 7:31 pm

John Cope wrote:
Fri Dec 14, 2018 6:42 pm
This is the only Reygadas I actually like (at least to date) so, hey, good choice!
Not a fan of Silent Light? I just hope this doesn't mean Battle in Heaven is in the works. No HD release will make me watch that again.
Also.i get what the cover is trying to say, but am I the only one who finds it way too colorful?

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Re: 968 Japón

#5 Post by swo17 » Fri Dec 14, 2018 7:37 pm

The original news about Japón suggested that Criterion would eventually release all of his films

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Re: 968 Japón

#6 Post by dda1996a » Sat Dec 15, 2018 3:07 am

I guess it will be interesting hearing people's thoughts about it later at least...

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