Films like Faraway, So Close!.

Faraway, So Close! (1993) reads as Neutral, measured, measured fantasy / drama, surreal in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured. Every film below is ranked by distance across the same twelve hand-scored axes — with what it keeps, and where it walks away. Not a genre dump.

The Secret of the Old Woods (1993) poster
1. The Secret of the Old Woods1993

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Po di Sangui (1996) poster
2. Po di Sangui1996

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Don't Die Without Telling Me Where You're Going (1995) poster
3. Don't Die Without Telling Me Where You're Going1995

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

The Tribulations of Balthazar Kober (1988) poster
4. The Tribulations of Balthazar Kober1988

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Hungarian Fairy Tale (1987) poster
5. Hungarian Fairy Tale1987

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

The Dove's Lost Necklace (1991) poster
6. The Dove's Lost Necklace1991

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Gwen, the Book of Sand (1985) poster
7. Gwen, the Book of Sand1985

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

My Twentieth Century (1989) poster
8. My Twentieth Century1989

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey (1988) poster
9. The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey1988

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Earth (1996) poster
10. Earth1996

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Man Facing Southeast (1986) poster
11. Man Facing Southeast1986

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Where the WildThings Are 2(placeholder)2009
12. Where the Wild Things Are 2 (placeholder)2009

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

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