I watched this years ago and didn't grasp the subleties. I watched it again because I remembered liking it. I was absolutely blown away by it. This time I appreciated the sound to begin with, it's so easy and gentle on the ears. The power of it is so subtle that you hardly notice that you are being swept away into a dreamlike reality or should I say travelling through multiple realities.
I can't think of any recent movie that has even been near to the quality of this one in production and direction. Every visual is a work of art, every nuance takes you deeper. It's a love story but with none of the usual seediness. It has shocking moments of horror, so subtle that curiousity overides sensitivity. It's scifi as you are swept away, travelling between realities. You are drawn into the mystery in anticipation for the pieces to come together. There are unexpected moments of pure philosophical wisdom, concepts of the one moment, limitation of our own consciousness. I'm so glad it received the awards that it deserved.
I know it's 18 years since it was released but fhs it should be rated among the very best, so I was motivated to give it a 10. I write this a few days after seeing it for the second time and that in itself says it all.
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