I went to see *Nicotina* (IMDB:0337930) and *Last Life in the Universe* (IMDB:0345549) today. Awesome!
The first is Mexican. Fast-packed, colorful, weird characters, impressive shots, cuts, and splits. Reminded me of *Snatch* (IMDB:0208092), and I liked that one as well.
The second is Thai/Japanese. It is even slower than *Lost in Translation* (IMDB:0335266) which I saw 2004-01-17, with a similar topic. Two people estranged from the world, one has lost her sister, the other has killed his brother, both hiding away in a run-down house, languishing, waiting, smoking, eating, cleaning, waiting, ventilator blowing, geckos on the ceiling, coconut tree in the wind, clouds overhead. Lovely.
Cinematography by Christopher Doyle ¹, the guy who does the same stuff for Wong Kar Wei... I just looked at the list of movies he did and spotted one that ran recently and which I did not see – The Quiet American! Perhaps I should have gone to see it.
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