Year: 2008
Directors: Nelson Yu Lik-wai
Writers: Nelson Yu Lik-wai & Fernando Bonassi & Fendou Liu
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Review by: Bob Doto
Rating: 6 out of 10
Plastic City is a film about a young man named Kirin (Joe Odagiri) dealing with the future of his knock-off business inherited from his adoptive father, Yuda (Anthony Wong), who is an aging dealer in faux merch, the kind you're inevitably buying on Canal St. in NYC. Kirin's father is simultaneously a strong-arm, and a sad case of lost-his-edge. Interesting and behind-the-scenes politics abound in this world of Chinese / Japanese society living in Brazilian society making for an identity politics mash-up tossed into a corrupt cop salad.
Plastic City is filmed from a cool distance dipped in warm tones uncommon for scenes set in the sometimes gritty indoor mall-ness of Sao Paolo. At times Brazil's seedy smuggling underbelly felt almost cozy, like a place you'd want...
Directors: Nelson Yu Lik-wai
Writers: Nelson Yu Lik-wai & Fernando Bonassi & Fendou Liu
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: Bob Doto
Rating: 6 out of 10
Plastic City is a film about a young man named Kirin (Joe Odagiri) dealing with the future of his knock-off business inherited from his adoptive father, Yuda (Anthony Wong), who is an aging dealer in faux merch, the kind you're inevitably buying on Canal St. in NYC. Kirin's father is simultaneously a strong-arm, and a sad case of lost-his-edge. Interesting and behind-the-scenes politics abound in this world of Chinese / Japanese society living in Brazilian society making for an identity politics mash-up tossed into a corrupt cop salad.
Plastic City is filmed from a cool distance dipped in warm tones uncommon for scenes set in the sometimes gritty indoor mall-ness of Sao Paolo. At times Brazil's seedy smuggling underbelly felt almost cozy, like a place you'd want...
- 6/21/2009
- QuietEarth.us
- I’m guessing that with one third of the films representing first time efforts, this year’s Un Certain Regard section will be a crapshoot for buyers and critics alike. Those that stick out among the pack come from promising directors with sophomore features such as…: Milh Hadha Al-Bahr (Salt of this Sea) (Annemarie Jacir)We often see stories about the immigrant struggle in a country that is not theirs…this is the flipside Pov a former Palestinian finding it difficult to find her footing in her native land. Jacir’s debut looks like a sure bet for a healthy film festival circuit. Los Bastardos (Amat Esclante)Crossing the line for a pair of Mexican immigrants appears to take on a whole new meaning with Amat Esclante’s 2nd feature. His debut, Sangre belongs to the contemporary, art-house bunch of films that portrays a dismal life. Los Bastardos
- 5/14/2008
- IONCINEMA.com
- Here is the complete 2008 Cannes Line Up. Main Competition: Nuri Bilge Ceylan - Three Monkeys (Turkey-France-Italy) Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne - Le Silence De Lorna (France-Belgium)Arnaud Desplechin - A Christmas Story (France) Clint Eastwood - Changeling (Us)Atom Egoyan - Adoration (Canada) Ari Folman - Waltz With Bashir (Israel) Philippe Garrel - La Frontiere De L'Aube (France) Matteo Garrone - Gomorra (Italy)Charlie Kaufman - Synecdoche, New York (Us) Eric Khoo - My Magic (Singapore) Lucretia Martel - La Mujer Sin Cabeza (Argentina-Spain) Brillante Mendoza - Serbis (The Philippines) Kornel Mondruczo - Delta (Hungary-Germany) Walter Salles & Daniela Thomas - Linha de Passe (Brazil) Paolo Sorrentino - Il Divo (Italy) Pablo Trapero - Lion's Den (Argentina-South Korea) Wim Wenders - The Palermo Shooting (Germany) Jia Zhangke - 24 City (China)Steven Soderbergh - Che (Us-Spain-France) -- one four-hour competion title comprised of The Argentine and Guerrilla Out of competitionSteven Spielberg -
- 5/14/2008
- IONCINEMA.com
- Apart from film examples such as The Band's Visit, Munyurangabo (Liberation Day) and Terror's Advocate, last year’s Un Certain Regard Section had its share of misfires – films that took the experimental route but felt more like - old bath tub water. This year’s batch of twenty titles includes another mix of veteran and first time filmmakers with perhaps the James Toback's bio-docu on friend (Iron Mike) Tyson, Abel Ferrara’s latest work Chelsea On The Rocks and finally Bong Joon Ho, Leos Carax and Michel Gondry collab Tokyo! to garner the most attention from buyers and critic crowds. The five films I’m most looking forward to are Germany’s Wolke 9 by Andreas Dresen, Los Bastardos by Amat Escalante (he is the was the Dop for Carlos Reygadas’ first two films and a couple of years back he released another dismal portrait of Mexico with Sangre.
- 4/23/2008
- IONCINEMA.com
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