Chop Suey vs On the Impossibility of an Homage
On the Impossibility of an Homage has the higher audience score (10/10 against 4.6/10 for Chop Suey). On the Impossibility of an Homage is the shorter watch at 19m compared with 1h 38m. Chop Suey is the older of the two (2001 against 2024). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Chop Suey
On the Impossibility of an Homage| Chop Suey | On the Impossibility of an Homage | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 4.6/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2001 | 2024 |
| Length | 1h 38m | 19m |
| Genres | Documentary | Documentary |
| Country | – | Germany |
| Director | Bruce Weber | Xandra Popescu |
| Main cast | Jan-Michael Vincent, Robert Mitchum, Peter Johnson, Frances Faye, Rickson Gracie | Gabriela Durleci, Cristian Susu, Mirela Simniceanu, Ion Tugearu |
Synopsis
Chop Suey
A homage to Bruce Weber's Favourite things, these being mixing film, photography and classic movies. With portraits of a lesbian jazz singer and a 16-year-old wrestler.
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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