Who nurtures the faith of a child when nothing remains to cover her eyes?

[sovay]

Hmm.

Eat Drink Man Woman (1994) and Fiddler on the Roof (1971) as a double feature.* Compare and contrast.

Discuss.

*The best double feature I ever saw was Julie Taymor's Titus (1999) and Alex Cox's Revengers Tragedy (2002). (Now that did things to my brain.) But this is also the sort of thinking that leads me to realize that The Crying Game's Fergus reminds me of Sydney Carton without the alcoholism and with better taste in women.

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[nineweaving.livejournal.com]

Fathers and daughters?

You could add King Lear to the crazy salad.

Nine

[sovay]

Fathers and daughters?

Fathers and daughters and cultural headaches. I'm sure it's not a new theme, but I saw Eat Drink Man Woman for the first time tonight and the ways in which the storylines were handled reminded me.

[nineweaving.livejournal.com]

Chinese and Jewish families have a lot in common, but Tevye gets the operatic kvetch.

You've seen The Wedding Banquet?

Nine

[sovay]

but Tevye gets the operatic kvetch.

Yeah, but Chu can cook.

I have not seen The Wedding Banquet: beyond Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, this was my first Ang Lee film.

[kraada.livejournal.com]

My weirdest double feature (at least in terms of messing with my head) was probably Dark City and The Thirteenth Floor (though that might not have been the actual order of viewing).

[sovay]

Dark City and The Thirteenth Floor

. . . I haven't seen either one of those films. Is it possible for you to tell me how they messed with your head without giving away the entire plot, or should I just watch them?

[kraada.livejournal.com]

They're both pretty good . . . they've got the sort of Matrix-fuck-with-your-head feel, though neither is as well done as the Matrix. Each has its own twist of course, and I think I liked Thirteenth Floor's twist better, though it was probably a worse movie objectively.

They're worth your time at some point, though if you have actually good movies to see, I wouldn't kick them too high up on your list. Unless you want a mindfuck. Then watch them back to back. Guaranteed you will not know what's real afterwards :)