IFFR 1999: Day 10

IFFR 1999, day 10

Project A, Survival Guide to the IFFR 1999

Review: Ikinai

DIRECTION: Shimizu Hiroshi

Produced under Takeshi Kitano's company Office Kitano, and directed by Kitano's assistent director this movie contains much of the same black humour as Kitano's movies, without the violence. It is a touching and thoughtfull look into several people who want to kill themselves and apply to go on a bustrip which will end in death so the insurance money will go to the ones they love and try to save. Wonderful.

Review: The Big Swap

DIRECTION: Niall Johnson

The kind of movie where only the enevitable will happen. From the word go it's clear how it's going to end. Five couples swapping their partners, so some discover how horrible the other person is or how bad they have it with their own partner. Although the film is dynamic and shows the ups en downs of the characters, no one is truly convincing, the viewer doesn't in any way feel compelled to any of the characters. A useless movie.