Movies – Page 2 – Scriptorium

[Movie] Happy Hour (2015)

Title: ハッピーアワー
Directed by: Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Cast: Sachie Tanaka, Hazuki Kikuchi, Maiko Mihara, Rira Kawamura

[Movie] Woman in the Dunes (1964)

Title: 砂の女 (Suna no Onna, “Sand woman”)
Directed by: Hiroshi Teshigahara
Cast: Eiji Okada, Kyôko Kishida
Based on: The Woman in the Dunes (novel) by Kōbō Abe (1962)

[Movie] After Life (1998)

Title: ワンダフルライフ – Wonderful Life
Directed by: Hirokazu Koreeda
Cast: Arata Iura, Erika Oda

[Movie] A Brighter Summer Day (1991)

Title: 牯嶺街少年殺人事件
Directed by: Edward Yang
Cast: Chang Chen, Lisa Yang, Kuo-Chu Chang

[Movie] Reversal Of Fortune (1990)

Directed by: Barbet Schroeder
Cast: Glenn Close, Jeremy Irons, Ron Silver
Based on: Reversal of Fortune: Inside the von Bülow Case by Alan Dershowitz (1985)

Minnie: I think this whole case stinks! I think Von Bulow stinks! He’s obviously guilty of something pretty despicable and if we free him we become his accessories, accomplices after the fact. I’m really shocked with your reputation for defending the poor and oppressed that you’ve taken this case.
from the book

[Movie] In Cold Blood (1967)

Directed by: Richard Brooks
Cast: Robert Blake, Scott Wilson. John Forsythe
Based on: In Cold Blood (novel, 1966) by Truman Capote

In Cold Blood is a neo-noir crime movie based on Truman Capote’s book of the same name. The book and movie depicts the real murder case – Clutter family murders -. Also, the film was shot at the location where the four members of the Clutter family were murdered.

[Movie] The Truman Show (1998)

Directed by: Peter Weir
Cast: Jim Carrey, Laura Linney, Noah Emmerich, Natascha McElhone

“The Truman Show” is one of the most inventive and thought-provoking moves.

[Movie] Total Recall (1990)

Directed by: Paul Verhoeven
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rachel Ticotin, Sharon Stone, Michael Ironside
Based on: the short story “We Can Remember It for You Wholesale” (1966) by Philip K. Dick