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Oh Boy (2012)
Worth the trip.
I enjoyed A Coffee in Berlin. It's a long time since I saw film like that this that goes absolutely nowhere in terms of plot but it's a nice relief after some of the usual high-tension I often watch. I actually did feel a little bit of tension from time to time thinking something would go wrong and in fact our poor laid-back hero continually meets nut jobs or people you think could be friendly ...until they go nuts. Berlin, of course, HAS to be in b&w, so cue references to Wenders of Alice in the Cities, especially the view out of the window over the elevated railway, not to mention Wings of Desire. I felt most sorry about, and for, the girl from his old school who is obsessed with being fat and is as thin as a rake when they re-find each other. Such a shame that she is so unstable. That looked like it could have been a really nice relationship. I got the Taxi Driver reference early on, but the film actually reminded me a bit of Scorsese's brilliant After Hours, but it didn't want to be quite that kooky and sustained. I'd say this a movie that goes nowhere but it's worth the trip!