Old Joy Comments

  • Meta 2023-09-25 16:28:25

    This is not a hundred times stronger than Zhao...

  • Bertha 2023-09-19 06:10:05

    The viewing process is like receiving a New Year's bath. The overflowing silent sadness and fragility are like the breeze in the mountains, invisible but really touching people's hearts. Sorrow is nothing but worn-out...

  • Wendy 2023-08-19 03:15:13

    The hot spring scene was pretty good. Kelly Reichardt has a rare temperament in American movies, an anomaly in the vulgar...

  • Alexanne 2023-07-30 16:11:32

    One of the most beautiful films in history. Kelly Reichardt is the Cezanne of our time, painting inconspicuous scenes and people, multi-perspective/non-perspective, grabbing clear shape and speed from impression. Kurt wandered down the street, slipping out of frame accidentally. Sorrow is nothing but worn-out...

  • Abigayle 2023-07-28 22:51:53

    8.3 In fact, the whole film is always filled with inexplicable sadness, and the current affairs news is the most obvious one after another, but did Reichardt dig these gaps? Interesting conversations and quiet outings, embellished by nature, have endless aftertastes. When we enter the world again, we will know what old joy...

  • Montana 2023-07-17 02:27:17

    The works after 4.5 Leichhardt have more or less the shadow of "Yesterday's Pleasure". The story takes place in Portland, a city that holds the banner of freedom high, but in the Bush era, the atmosphere of repression is like shadows, and the city is full of people. This kind of contradiction comes from the inner and outer troubles, so Mark wants to find time to breathe and say goodbye to the boring reality in this journey with his old friends. For Kurt, this trip is more like a proof that he...

  • Erwin 2023-07-11 22:37:28

    7.0 "The entire universe is falling in the space in the form of a tear", the same feeling was also experienced during the hot spring bath. Reluctant to part with the inevitable parting, Reichardt's ability to express infinite secret emotions (the universe) with a small body (tears) is really too...

  • Helga 2023-04-28 04:23:16

    A short journey, a moment of relaxation, two ordinary days in life, reunion with old friends. In the world of adults, each has its own worries, but it is trivial to talk about. Occasionally confided in sincerity, unbridled emotions, took a deep breath of cigarettes, and immersed the body in the hot springs. Nothing dramatic happened, like a loose travelogue, but also filled with cautious sincerity. Shallowness, restraint, and trying to control the bitterness are the virtues of Kelly Reichardt's...

  • Kennith 2023-04-07 06:37:54

    "The whole universe is falling in space in the form of a tear, falling all the time, never stopping." Is "JOY" happy or sad? Maybe too happy to be sad. Use the hot spring with the smell of the forest to soak up many years of friendship. (The mood of the whole movie is very similar to me now. In addition, I should watch this first before watching "Wendy and Lucy", after all, there has always been a lovely...

  • Winnifred 2023-02-28 12:53:58

    Short stories, burnout movies, walking tours and fringe trials are inseparable from leaves. The dialogue is revelation, the body is the environment, the action shows the intimacy of the camera, and the jungle and hot springs suggest sensory experience. The beginning and end are rushed, but not sloppy at all. The intimate passage connects blood leeches, dew, houses, and springs in the mountains. There are indeed shadows of Akira Kurosawa and Jinquan Hu. The world is like a huge drop of tear, a...

Extended Reading
  • Alysha 2022-10-17 05:17:41

    Kelly Reichard's Time Amber

    There are many ways to express emotions, especially in the world of images, each director with different personalities has his own way to express the feelings of the characters. It may be the urban ambiguity and alienation in Wong Kar-wai's films, or it may be Wim Wenderspoor's search, or the...

  • Jessica 2022-09-21 10:56:06

    Goodbye, maybe it's the last time we meet

    The story tells about the time when two old friends went out together. It can be said that this trip is their re-acquaintance with each other and themselves, or it can be said that this is the last time they see each other. The story has created two characters with completely different images, one...

Old Joy quotes

  • Kurt: Sorrow is nothing but worn out joy.

  • [first lines]

    Kurt: [on answering machine] Hey, it's Kurt. I'm calling you, I'm in town, and I'm just hoping you're around. I don't know if you're there or what. Pick it up, man. You will not regret it.

    Mark: Hey, Kurt... So you're here?... Where you staying?... Yeah, thanks, the rumors are true... Nah, we didn't what to know... Oh yeah, whatcha got, lay it on me... Sure, I can be in to that... I could use some time in the woods, absolutely...