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The best summation of Murakami’s talents?
8/10
‘Dance Dance Dance‘ is probably the ideal place for any Murakami novice to start as it is a compelling summation of the author’s singular moods and preoccupations. It combines some of the themes of grief, loss and memory of novels like ‘Norweigan Wood‘, but less oppressively so, and the [...]

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Weird but not wonderful
5/10
There will always be a hardcore of Lynch fans who will love Lynch’s special brand of wierdness for its own sake or otherwise, but I think this film is his weakest to date. Since ‘Lost Highway’ his films have become more and more obfuscated and fragmented, paying little mind to coherence of [...]

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Fairytales and bad dreams
8/10
Innocence is a mysterious piece of of largely visual filmmaking with an impressive, mostly child cast. It is clearly intended as an allegory or parable about the end of childhood and the awakenings of adolescence, and is not meant to be treated too literally (clearly some people are puzzled by this, [...]

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