The images in this movie are truly beautiful. The movie is about an astronaut who stores his DNA and memory at a cloning center. During a mission in space the astronaut dies and the clone is made. The first clone isn't working well and a second clone is made. Throughout the movie the astronaut's clone is followed to his past. I didn't understand the meaning of some parts of the movie, but I found it a beauty to watch.
Rating : 8
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description: Death, the final frontier? I don't think so. We have clones, astronauts, twin children, a single mother, crying wife, death in the family, space suite, ghosts and memory issues.
(Geoffrey): (rating 9)
Let me first start that the atmosphere in the movie is magic. When you read the description, you probably expect a lot of action and sci-fi, but that is not the case, on the contrary, if there is cgi used in this movie, I have not noticed it very much, besides the astronaut in space, seeing earth.
This is a movie of a twin brother who's brother drowned when they were young and he takes the blame for it. They used to trick their mother in pretending they were eachother, but she never feld for it. A mother knows. The brother alive is an astronaut when he grows up and he agrees to have a clone of him created if he somehow passes away early. The wish of his mother was that she would die earlier than he. At this time, his mother is very ill and she dies at the same moment as her son in space. The clone is created, not known by his wife who is very troubled by it. A clone is created, having some memory issues and escapes. Another clone is created with no memory issues and is set the find his brother clone.
This is definately not an action movie, but a well done drama. The story is magic, so is the music and the filming locations. Definately a see again movie someday.
(Geoffrey): (rating 9)
Let me first start that the atmosphere in the movie is magic. When you read the description, you probably expect a lot of action and sci-fi, but that is not the case, on the contrary, if there is cgi used in this movie, I have not noticed it very much, besides the astronaut in space, seeing earth.
This is a movie of a twin brother who's brother drowned when they were young and he takes the blame for it. They used to trick their mother in pretending they were eachother, but she never feld for it. A mother knows. The brother alive is an astronaut when he grows up and he agrees to have a clone of him created if he somehow passes away early. The wish of his mother was that she would die earlier than he. At this time, his mother is very ill and she dies at the same moment as her son in space. The clone is created, not known by his wife who is very troubled by it. A clone is created, having some memory issues and escapes. Another clone is created with no memory issues and is set the find his brother clone.
This is definately not an action movie, but a well done drama. The story is magic, so is the music and the filming locations. Definately a see again movie someday.
To be, not to be, to be, perhaps to be, not to be, to be
Links: AFFF / imdb
The opening shot of this film is telling: one continuous take that runs about five minutes, with a slow push in and track out dictated by the movement of the characters. Elegant, sparse, no thrills, no accidents. This style is used consistently throughout the film. Constrained, never losing sight of the drama, underlining the emotions.
In the film they talk about "resonance", a metaphysical concept describing how the soul wanders after death and tries to reconnect to a reinstated (cloned) body. Fascinating subject matter! The focus is not so much the tech behind cloning (we never see how they produce a full grown adult clone including a full memory dump) but the philosophical questions relating to the subject. And to shed even more light on the subject, the notion of having an identical twin ("a natural clone") is included in this exploration.
But what really sold me was the overarching theme of redemption, about second chances, about changing life, and how difficult (but necessary) it is to get closure. Definitely someone to keep an eye on, this Kanji Nakajima.
Both the style and the substance really worked for me. I was touched and left pondering after seeing this film - exactly the type of residue that only few films leave me with.
Rating: 9
Links: AFFF / imdb
The opening shot of this film is telling: one continuous take that runs about five minutes, with a slow push in and track out dictated by the movement of the characters. Elegant, sparse, no thrills, no accidents. This style is used consistently throughout the film. Constrained, never losing sight of the drama, underlining the emotions.
In the film they talk about "resonance", a metaphysical concept describing how the soul wanders after death and tries to reconnect to a reinstated (cloned) body. Fascinating subject matter! The focus is not so much the tech behind cloning (we never see how they produce a full grown adult clone including a full memory dump) but the philosophical questions relating to the subject. And to shed even more light on the subject, the notion of having an identical twin ("a natural clone") is included in this exploration.
But what really sold me was the overarching theme of redemption, about second chances, about changing life, and how difficult (but necessary) it is to get closure. Definitely someone to keep an eye on, this Kanji Nakajima.
Both the style and the substance really worked for me. I was touched and left pondering after seeing this film - exactly the type of residue that only few films leave me with.
Rating: 9
clones and relatives of deceased astronaut struggle with existence
Links: AFFF / imdb
It is frowned upon by serious people who know better to describe something in terms of other somethings of similar origin. Or, to refer to Russian "Solaris" or a dash of "Gattaca" when trying to describe the mood would be utterly wrong. It would be, really, since referring to those films probably gives you the wrong idea anyway. This film was so much slower, as Asian films tend to be, stretching shots into forever without hardly any (camera-)movement. So much more "meta" in subject and story.
Wonderful, intriguing film. What is the self, is it unique, and if so, in every aspect? How "real" is a clone of something unique? How unique? It is suggested that a clone keeps the soul from entering nirvana, pulling some part of it back. Yet it is not created out of the very same uniqueness?
Who are we to tinker around with the very existence of a human, cloning him at will. Because we can, doesn't mean we should. What is it that we want back when a beloved one dies? Why are humans scared of clones, if they enable the dead to return? What difference makes the knowledge whether a person is a clone or not?
Humans: often over-exposed backgrounds (windows etc). First clones: darker backgrounds, third clone, the one who seems "free" from a bonding with the soul; more over-exposed backgrounds again.
This whole entry is rubbish since I was quite impressed with the film but I haven't found the right phrasing yet. Later, when everyone has moved on to more recent entries, I come back and change it into something better.
Rating: 9
Links: AFFF / imdb
It is frowned upon by serious people who know better to describe something in terms of other somethings of similar origin. Or, to refer to Russian "Solaris" or a dash of "Gattaca" when trying to describe the mood would be utterly wrong. It would be, really, since referring to those films probably gives you the wrong idea anyway. This film was so much slower, as Asian films tend to be, stretching shots into forever without hardly any (camera-)movement. So much more "meta" in subject and story.
Wonderful, intriguing film. What is the self, is it unique, and if so, in every aspect? How "real" is a clone of something unique? How unique? It is suggested that a clone keeps the soul from entering nirvana, pulling some part of it back. Yet it is not created out of the very same uniqueness?
Who are we to tinker around with the very existence of a human, cloning him at will. Because we can, doesn't mean we should. What is it that we want back when a beloved one dies? Why are humans scared of clones, if they enable the dead to return? What difference makes the knowledge whether a person is a clone or not?
Humans: often over-exposed backgrounds (windows etc). First clones: darker backgrounds, third clone, the one who seems "free" from a bonding with the soul; more over-exposed backgrounds again.
This whole entry is rubbish since I was quite impressed with the film but I haven't found the right phrasing yet. Later, when everyone has moved on to more recent entries, I come back and change it into something better.
Rating: 9