ShangLuda Admirable film.

StyleSk8r At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

Fatma Suarez The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Zandra The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

qaumred "Fourth Dimension", based on the economic boom in Japan, had a surreal, metaphysical feel about it. Again narrated with the same poetic zeal like "Reassemblage", "Fourth Dimension" deals with the tradition/modern, global/local binary as reflected in Japan's celebration of its culture, and yet be caught in the whirlwind of globalization. Culture had almost become another commodity to be consumed and "visited" (like local theaters and bars, or replete with multilingual translations for visitors). The film explains this dichotomy with moments like the paper lanterns sponsored by Coca Cola in the traditional march. Minh-ha is at her best while using the metaphor of Japan's bullet trains to relate them to the industrial-mechanical Japanese life. I am highly influenced and affected by Minh-ha's style of film-making. It's difficult not to be judgmental about people/events/ideas you deal with in your film. But Minh-ha, by putting herself as an active agent in her films, makes sure that the viewer, before involving him/herself with the narrative, goes through her. It's indulgent, subjective and yet so profound.