Japón: A movie review
Monday, July 14th, 2008
Among the guns and pornos looking for a good movie at blockbuster is tough. With titles like “Fool’s Gold” getting an entire shelf top to bottom it is amazing that a film like “Japón” is even in the store. On a total whim I watched “Japón” and I am pleased to say it is the best movie I have seen in a long time. Maybe even the best movie I have seen since “Indigènes” last summer. “Japón” may be old news to some of you. Released in 2002 the Spanish language film with English subtitles written and directed by Carlos Reygadas is available on DVD. This is the movie I would make if I made movies. One reviewer called it “a movie unafraid of taking itself seriously”. But the movie is better than that.