Product: Hiroshima mon amour [VHS] (1960)
Rating: 3.0
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i'm pretty sure i didn't get this movie. it was well acted and, at times, very heartbreaking.. but the ending caught me completely off guard. also, i can't really relate to being hopelessly in love with a japanese business man in hiroshima. maybe someday.aaand i'm also going to have to disagree with most of the other reviewers on this board - this movie had the goofiest, most disjointed and unnerving soundtrack i've ever heard. sometimes it was spot on, and there were some very beautiful pieces.. intermixed with the.. uhh.. goofy, calliope, monkey-organ-grinder music. i don't understand the rationale behind scoring love scenes and scenes of regret and depression with that type of arrangement. no matter how serious the moments in the film get, all i can picture is shirley temple riding a carousel with a dwarf and three pigs in party hats.but that's probably another example of me not getting it. i'm not saying this movie is bad - by all means, rent it or buy it or view it somehow and decide for yourself - but don't be too shocked if you're dumbstruck by the end.