Review of Zen Noir

Zen Noir (2004)
9/10
"I do know my name, but I don't know who I am"
9 March 2008
The summary was the comment our 7 years old son launched after watching the movie. Yup, he managed to concentrate through it. Maybe he was fascinated because the people in the movie sit on the same kind of cushions that can be found from our living room. He has also visited our city zendo in Helsinki and knows his family members are into this stuff.

This is a piece of art that made me laugh and cry. Laugh because of the obvious bad jokes that surface while these two "genres" clash; and cry because of emotional discharge caused by explaining the essence of an orange. If you know the tradition - just watch it. If you do not enjoy sitting still and watching the blank wall - you might find this movie challenging.
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