+6
Night on Earth
This film is a wonderfully woven slice-of-life anthology that displays that sometimes a story is better than the actual event. It is surprising to me that this film works as well as it does and that it remains compelling all the way through, without a single dud in the five short stories. They all possess their own charm and are each unique. None of the segments overstay their welcome, and the whole thing was masterfully written, directed, and edited. Tom Waits lends some good music to the whole affair to help set the atmosphere too. This film is really charming, funny, heartfelt, and maybe even life-affirming despite some of the subject matter. I had a joyous time revisiting this film, thank you to whoever nominated it.