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Lew, I read your earlier posts on this and the review thread, and I appreciate them. In particular, I fully understand your discussion of why the King was obliged to kill Nameless. I found it clear at the time of viewing. I suppose I do take it literally, Lew. Aren't we all? I...

Lew, Certainly. However, it is not at all clear that anyone is giving anything up for the greater good in this film. The facts in evidence (and there aren't many at all) would be that they are either dying on behalf of a greater evil, or for the good of one man/country (Xin). Surely two...

Tony, Agreed, fully! The film did at the very least half it's job. However...Brakhage this is not. There's very much an active narrative here, and the thrilling emotion supplied by the visuals has the side-effect of highlighting the narrative/character problems of the story they serve...

Saw it today, and was disappointed. Visually a joy, to be sure. The last thing I expected was to be bored, but I'm afraid ultimately I was. The swordfights, thrilling at first, turn numbing with repetition and left me glancing at my watch all too often. Since the favorite popular comparison in...