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Title: BOOOOORING AND PRETENTIOUS
Review: I cannot believe this film shared the Palm d'Or with the much better Japanese film, "The Eel," in 1997. "The Eel" is everything that "A Taste of Cherry" is not and Kiarostami can learn a lot from Imamura: provocative film images (e.g. white street light turning red, man plunging into an aquarium, etc.), an assortment of interesting and diverse characters, black comedy, great story line (i.e. man's inability to connect with one another--hence the character who tries to communicate to the UFOs), and lots of metaphors (e.g., eel, UFOs, unaccepted lunch boxes, etc.). I have seen "The Eel" five times and am still not bored with it whereas I kept checking my watch to see what time it was during "A Taste of Cherry." I know it's unfair to compare films but I really believe there's no comparison between "The Eel" and "A Taste of Cherry." Do yourself a favor and check out "The Eel" instead.
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