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Beijing Watermelon is a Capra-esque Portrait of a Lost, Nicer Time
Oyabashi directed the film with a documentary neorealist style where the actors were encouraged to talk over each other and move around, and the redemptive story of community feels like a throwback to Frank Capra movies and an undertone of oddball humour They really don't make movies like Beijing Watermelon anymore. Beijing watermelon is part of[...]
Bah! Humbug! Why 'A Christmas Carol' Needs a Holiday from the Holidays
What director Frank Capra shows in It's a Wonderful Life was "The Butterfly Effect" for George Unfortunately, the conditions are specific and Clarence showed him one version of the past of a world without George It's awfully presumptuous that the individuals in George's world would do the exact same things, but with different results. The audience[...]