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Zigeunerweisen (1980)
Seijun Suzuki's unusual film is a mysterious, ethereal drama concerning the relationships between and forces within four people. The action is intermittently distorted, like watching someone walk behind a pane of imperfect glass, the form itself intact and then suddenly twisted and obscured, then back again. We're not sure what actually happened, what is dreamed, and what is misremembered. Freed from studio constraints, Suzuki is able to take his time with the story, and although it slightly drags in spots, feels sometimes dreamlike, sometimes eerie, and sometimes both, ending in a superb, haunting finale that I'm sure will be stuck in my mind for some time.
Highly recommended- V, Alky, Doc, NE, roshiq, and whoever else is interested.
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