Director: Yôjirô Takita, 2008. (PG-13) What do flying geese have in common with a dead octopus? Both function as a metaphor in this slow but moving masterpiece which won Japan's first ever Oscar (it picked up Best Foreign Picture in 2009). Departures is about dreams dashed and passions rekindled. It offers a portrait of a man who has found meaning in his life. Fundamentally, though, it is a tale about death, and with it, life. Daigo Koboyashi (Masahiro Motoki) is a professional cellist in a...Read Full Story
Departures Review
In Departures, a cellist loses his position when the orchestra folds. He moves with his wife from Tokyo to his hometown, admitting to himself that he didn't have what it takes to be a truly successful cellist. Now Diago needs to find a real job. He answers an advertisement looking for someone working in... departures? Must be a travel agency! But he learns that the job is to conduct the rituals for the dead prior to closing the coffin. These rituals traditionally were...Read Full Story
Bruno Opens Friday, July 10, 2009 - Flamboyant Austrian fashionista Brüno takes his show to America. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: The IMAX Experience Opens Wednesday, July 29, 2009 - Hogwarts students face attacks from Voldemort and their own rampaging hormones. Star Trek - Trailer 3 Danish From director J.J. Abrams (“Mission: Impossible III,” “Lost” and “Alias”) and screenwriters Roberto Orci & Alex Kurtzman (“TRANSFORMERS,” “MI: III”) comes a new vision of the greatest space...Read Full Story
Bruno Opens Friday, July 10, 2009 - Flamboyant Austrian fashionista Brüno takes his show to America. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: The IMAX Experience Opens Wednesday, July 29, 2009 - Hogwarts students face attacks from Voldemort and their own rampaging hormones. Star Trek - Trailer 3 Danish From director J.J. Abrams (“Mission: Impossible III,” “Lost” and “Alias”) and screenwriters Roberto Orci & Alex Kurtzman (“TRANSFORMERS,” “MI: III”) comes a new vision of the greatest space...Read Full Story
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