Irish Film Institute -REVIEW ROUND-UP: TWO MASTERPIECES FROM JAPAN & HUNGARY

REVIEW ROUND-UP: TWO MASTERPIECES FROM JAPAN & HUNGARY

This week’s titles at the Irish Film Institute from Friday, 2nd August2024, include My Neighbour Totoro andWerckmeister Harmonies. Read on for a selection of reviews or pop in to make up your own mind!

MY NEIGHBOUR TOTORO

“Miyazaki’s supernatural masterpiece still enchants.” 5 stars – The Guardian (UK) 

“It depends on a situation instead of a plot, and suggests that the wonder of life and the resources of imagination supply all the adventure you need.” 4/4 stars – Roger Ebert 

“An otherworldly tale of childhood and a definitive work of imagination.” 5 stars – Empire Online 

WERCKMEISTER HARMONIES

“It is quite possibly the crowning moment of Tarr’s filmography.” 5 stars – Loud and Clear 

“Béla Tarr’s brooding masterpiece of a town sleepwalking into tyranny.” 5 stars – The Guardian (UK) 

“Bela Tarr’s style seems to be an attempt to regard his characters with great intensity and respect, to observe them without jostling them, to follow unobtrusively as they move through their worlds, which look so ordinary and are so awesome, like ours.” 4/4 stars – Roger Ebert  

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