Comments on: Modern Mondays: Bright Future (2003) http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2009/06/29/modern-mondays-bright-future-2003/ Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:19:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Carrie http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2009/06/29/modern-mondays-bright-future-2003/#comment-3716 Mon, 08 Nov 2010 14:56:30 +0000 http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2009/06/29/modern-mondays-bright-future-2003/#comment-3716 The deep chill, the unnerving quality, reminds me of Fudge 44 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jac2-XMGd1w The deep chill, the unnerving quality, reminds me of Fudge 44

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jac2-XMGd1w

]]> by: Margaret http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2009/06/29/modern-mondays-bright-future-2003/#comment-3548 Mon, 05 Jul 2010 09:44:23 +0100 http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2009/06/29/modern-mondays-bright-future-2003/#comment-3548 Cure may be my favorite of his films--unforgettably terrifying, with a deep chill that lasts for days, and (in my opinion) the best performance of Koji Yakusho's career. But Tadanobu Asano's quiet maniac in Bright Future is both deeply troubling and---perfect. Both of them have endings that don't end...so the reverberations never really stop. Cure may be my favorite of his films–unforgettably terrifying, with a deep chill that lasts for days, and (in my opinion) the best performance of Koji Yakusho’s career. But Tadanobu Asano’s quiet maniac in Bright Future is both deeply troubling and—perfect. Both of them have endings that don’t end…so the reverberations never really stop.

]]> by: Kimberly Lindbergs http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2009/06/29/modern-mondays-bright-future-2003/#comment-2732 Sun, 05 Jul 2009 17:58:10 +0100 http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2009/06/29/modern-mondays-bright-future-2003/#comment-2732 Maya - No need to thank me Maya! I really enjoyed the Kurosawa blogathon you put together even though I didn't have the opportunity to participate in it. I hope anyone who is interested in the director's work will give your archives a look since there is a lot of great info there. Film Walrus - Charisma is one Kurosawa film I still need to see and now you've got me eager to give it a look. I'm especially fond of Cure and Bright Future myself, but I've enjoyed all his films that I have seen such as his terrific remake of Seance on a Wet Afternoon, Pulse and Doppelganger. And I'm really looking forward to seeing Tokyo Sonata when it's released! Maya - No need to thank me Maya! I really enjoyed the Kurosawa blogathon you put together even though I didn’t have the opportunity to participate in it. I hope anyone who is interested in the director’s work will give your archives a look since there is a lot of great info there.

Film Walrus - Charisma is one Kurosawa film I still need to see and now you’ve got me eager to give it a look. I’m especially fond of Cure and Bright Future myself, but I’ve enjoyed all his films that I have seen such as his terrific remake of Seance on a Wet Afternoon, Pulse and Doppelganger. And I’m really looking forward to seeing Tokyo Sonata when it’s released!

]]> by: Film Walrus http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2009/06/29/modern-mondays-bright-future-2003/#comment-2730 Sun, 05 Jul 2009 10:33:41 +0100 http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2009/06/29/modern-mondays-bright-future-2003/#comment-2730 I'm really glad to see a shout out for Bright Future, a deeply underrated film whose atmosphere just swallows me whole. My own favorite K Kurosawa might be Charisma, another dense, layered and underappreciated film. I'm also totally enamored with the triple split-screen sequeences of "Doppelganger." That film got lambasted for genre mixing and switching tones abruptly, but I say that's part of what makes it so brilliant. I’m really glad to see a shout out for Bright Future, a deeply underrated film whose atmosphere just swallows me whole. My own favorite K Kurosawa might be Charisma, another dense, layered and underappreciated film. I’m also totally enamored with the triple split-screen sequeences of “Doppelganger.” That film got lambasted for genre mixing and switching tones abruptly, but I say that’s part of what makes it so brilliant.

]]> by: Maya http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2009/06/29/modern-mondays-bright-future-2003/#comment-2728 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:02:49 +0100 http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2009/06/29/modern-mondays-bright-future-2003/#comment-2728 Kimberly, thanks so much for the shout-out. Much appreciated. Kimberly, thanks so much for the shout-out. Much appreciated.

]]> by: Kimberly Lindbergs http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2009/06/29/modern-mondays-bright-future-2003/#comment-2721 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:23:43 +0100 http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2009/06/29/modern-mondays-bright-future-2003/#comment-2721 I still need to see Tokyo Sonata and I hope it gets a DVD release soon. There's a possibility that it will become another one of my favorite films from the last decade. I still need to see Tokyo Sonata and I hope it gets a DVD release soon. There’s a possibility that it will become another one of my favorite films from the last decade.

]]> by: Brian http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2009/06/29/modern-mondays-bright-future-2003/#comment-2719 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:39:56 +0100 http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2009/06/29/modern-mondays-bright-future-2003/#comment-2719 I really liked <b><i>Bright Future</i></b> but my favorite of Kurosawa's features this decade has got to be <b><i>Tokyo Sonata</i></b>. Though the presence of Tadanobu Asano goes a long way. I really liked Bright Future but my favorite of Kurosawa’s features this decade has got to be Tokyo Sonata. Though the presence of Tadanobu Asano goes a long way.

]]> by: Kimberly Lindbergs http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2009/06/29/modern-mondays-bright-future-2003/#comment-2718 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:04:22 +0100 http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2009/06/29/modern-mondays-bright-future-2003/#comment-2718 Thanks Peter! I'm starting to wonder if the servers suffered a Michael Jackson related <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/26/michael-jackson-death-new_n_221328.html" rel="nofollow">meltdown</a>? Maybe I should be more careful before I consider blogging about current events! Thanks Peter! I’m starting to wonder if the servers suffered a Michael Jackson related meltdown? Maybe I should be more careful before I consider blogging about current events!

]]> by: Peter Nellhaus http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2009/06/29/modern-mondays-bright-future-2003/#comment-2717 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:33:57 +0100 http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2009/06/29/modern-mondays-bright-future-2003/#comment-2717 Whew!!! Glad you're back. Hope the tech snafus have ended. Whew!!! Glad you’re back. Hope the tech snafus have ended.

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