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Snow Falling on Cedars (1999)

Rate: 1
Viewed: 3/18

3/18: Snow Falling on Cedars is so pretentious that I kept falling asleep after five to ten minutes every single time, and I didn't finish the whole thing until a month later.

Hence, the appropriate title should be Sleep Falling on Eyelids. No wonder why I never heard of the movie until spotting it at the library due to Ethan Hawke. Years later, he would recall his time as "not a great acting experience."

Right off the bat, it's the camera work that's off-putting. There are too many close-ups, and every tiny detail is magnified by 1,000 times for no particular reason. The back-and-forth in the story is confusing to follow. Hence, I got zonked out without comprehending much.

All in all, Sleep Falling on Eyelids is a long, slow, and disjointed picture that spends a lot of time on camera tricks and cinematography.

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