Letterboxd — Your life in film

"I figure we have a little courtroom in here: judge, jury, and executioner. The problem just moves in here where it can never get out. Right here in solitary. So you go right on punishing yourself. You can't get away with it. Never."

Just keep swimming, just keep swimming, swimming swimming

A heartwarming ode to the art of filmmaking. This is pure genius work.

Wouldn't the position of husband to a defenseless young girl
with a large fortune suit him to perfection?

How can you entertain such a suspicion?

Suspicion? It's a diagnosis, my dear.

Impeccable script. Btw, men ain't shit.

I really have nothing bad to say about anything by Kobayashi. Dude's just so fucking notorious in whatever he does.

“Grief is really just love. It’s all the love you want to give, but cannot. All that unspent love gathers up in the corners of your eyes, the lump in your throat, and in that hollow part of your chest. Grief is just love with no place to go.”

Out of the many Kurosawa films I've watched and adored, Ikiru was really tedious. Not because I knew it was going to be a tear-jerker, but the fact that it was too blunt for my liking. Somehow, I felt this film lacked the empathy I needed to understand and comprehend the struggles of the main character. Kurosawa is known for his very tranquil-paced films, but Ikiru felt like a million years to finish watching. It was quite irritating to say the least. Perhaps I need a second viewing soon.

but... the gondola no uta song scene ruined me 😢😢

Minus the beautiful and vivid painting-like cinematography and costume design, this was nothing but an hour and 45 minutes long snoozefest

sometimes an excruating cliffhanger is all you need to soften this poor heart of mine

Halloween was way past last week but it's always a good time to watch this iconic film

the tears are real