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cantinflas wrote: Sat Sep 19, 2026 4:46 am

cantinflas wrote: Thu Apr 02, 2026 3:10 am Makoto Nagahisa's Burn

Very striking trailer, hopefully the whole film is this mesmerising.

Ecstatic to report that indeed it is. Watching it put me into sheer delirium and brought me to tears. Aesthetically it is off the chain with rich colouring and imagery in a stunning boxed frame, with hallucinatory sequences and knockout performances. While it's probably the most depressing film I've seen in a while it generates a real catharsis. Runaway, down and out teens finding and losing each other is the kind of film that speaks directly to me, moreso when it's in this style that gives peak detached 90s/00s vibes. Hope more people find this masterpiece.