The best film I've seen in two years

Rating: 10/10 (24 May 1999)

From the first shot to the closing credits this was the most visually rich and spectacular film I have ever seen. I was gobsmacked in these days of fancy cgi visuals and camera trickery to see dramatic and beautiful yet startlingly simple photography.
But it wasn't the visual content of the movie that really made me sit up and take notice - throughout the film the narative was both moving and very mystifying as it described events, relationships and mostly feelings.
The performances from the cast were also brilliant with real emotion being injected into the characters so that when they died onscreen you feel as if a friend has died.
My only regret about seeing this movie is that I can't possibly hope to understand and appreciate all of it without seeing it again many, many times