If you loved A Bride for Rip Van Winkle, try Fireworks, Should We See It from the Side or the Bottom?
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
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What they share
Both films are directed by Shunji Iwai, and they sit in Drama / Romance territory. If that's the register that drew you to A Bride for Rip Van Winkle, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
What Fireworks, Should We See It from the Side or the Bottom? is
Over the course of a summer, small arguments swell into grand quests among sixth-graders examining fireworks’ shapes. The boys chase shape theory while a classmate tests escape plans by picking one confidant. It stops just shy of feeling like a metaphor everyone missed.
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