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 posterA Dedicated Life1994 VS On the Impossibility of an Homage posterOn the Impossibility of an Homage2024
A Dedicated LifeOn the Impossibility of an Homage
Audience score★ 6.2/10★ 10.0/10
Year19942024
Length2h 37m19m
GenresDocumentaryDocumentary
Country–Germany
DirectorKazuo HaraXandra Popescu
Main castMitsuharu Inoue, Hiroshi Noma, Jakucho SetouchiGabriela 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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