Style and Substance.
0 Comments Published by Jesse Trussell on Thursday, February 02, 2006 at 8:47 AM.
Compared to Takahata's Grave of the Fireflies, Barefoot Gen is a film that has no style, and no sense of balance. In Takahata's breathtaking film, we see the internalization of the violence of the atomic bombing, not the outward view of the attacks. Shinzaki's film plays almost as a bad gore film for much of its length and is far too episodic with little connection.
Barefoot Gen is a pale copy of a masterpiece.
Barefoot Gen is a pale copy of a masterpiece.
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