A Dedicated Life vs On the Impossibility of an Homage
On the Impossibility of an Homage has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.2/10 for A Dedicated Life). On the Impossibility of an Homage is the shorter watch at 19m compared with 2h 37m. A Dedicated Life is the older of the two (1994 against 2024). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.
| A Dedicated Life | On the Impossibility of an Homage | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.2/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 1994 | 2024 |
| Length | 2h 37m | 19m |
| Genres | Documentary | Documentary |
| Country | – | Germany |
| Director | Kazuo Hara | Xandra Popescu |
| Main cast | Mitsuharu Inoue, Hiroshi Noma, Jakucho Setouchi | Gabriela Durleci, Cristian Susu, Mirela Simniceanu, Ion Tugearu |
Synopsis
A Dedicated Life
A profile of the controversial novelist Mitsuharu Inoue, filmed during the last years of his life.
On the Impossibility of an Homage
Given a portrait, who is responsible for the image we see, the painter or the subject? Ion used to be a a rockstar of Ballet in Communist Romania. When we first discussed the possibility of a portrait, Ion was initially thrilled. He’d been dreaming that someday there’d be a film about him. But during the filmmaking process Ion finds it hard to let go.
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