The defence The Prestige Tourist
“Sincerity is not manipulation.”
The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.
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To Each His Own Cinema
Comedy · Drama · 2007
Commissioned to mark the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, "To Each His Own Cinema" brought together 33 of the world's pre-eminent filmmakers to produce short pieces exploring the multifarious facets of cinema and their perspective on the state of their chosen artform in the early 21st century.
Movie details
To Each His Own Cinema
“A declaration of love on the big screen.”
2007 Comedy · Drama 1h 40m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
6.4 / 10
Community rating
Commissioned to mark the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, "To Each His Own Cinema" brought together 33 of the world's pre-eminent filmmakers to produce short pieces exploring the multifarious facets of cinema and their perspective on the state of their chosen artform in the early 21st century.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over To Each His Own Cinema?
For the defence
The Prestige Tourist
“You like your greatness pre-approved.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Popcorn Loyalist
“Big screen, big feelings, no apologies.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
Theo Angelopoulos · Olivier Assayas · Bille August
Written by
Takeshi Kitano · Joel Coen · Ethan Coen · Zou Jingzhi
Golshifteh Farahani
Woman in Cinema (segment: Where Is My Romeo?)
Taraneh Alidoosti
Self
Pegah Ahangarani
Cast
Vishka Asayesh
Cast
David Cronenberg
The Suicidal Man (segment "At the suicide of the last Jew ...")
Josh Brolin
(segment "World cinema")
Giorgi Babluani
The thief (segment "Recrudescence")
Court is in session
Put To Each His Own Cinema on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist
“The strings are showing.”
Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.