most of these points awarded for Wong Kar Wai's segment.

Kar Wai Wong's part is the best. what a shakespearean way to tell the love and sexuality with a dress

but the low grade is mostly antonioni's fault

"An anthological example of attentive students surpassing their teacher." - Nick Schager

So I went into this with an understanding of a consensus that Soderbergh's entry was irrelevant [partly true in consideration to the main theme, but I still got enjoyment out of it], Antonioni was trash [Boobs are aplenty, but it offers characteristically ambiguous and succulent text/characters. It just doesn't express itself fully in the brief time], & that Kar Wai Wong was the highlight [actually the dullest entry, a kind of In the Mood For Love spasm with no bite]. Hmm.

Let's break it down. Wong Kar-Wai's segment is close to perfect. Antonioni's segment is just a drag. Soderbergh is somewhere in the middle, with an interesting experiment that doesn't quite gel. So, it averages out to average, but again, Wong Kar-Wai's segment is so good that it makes the entire thing worthwhile.

I wouldn't think I could enjoy a movie by Soderburg but this episode was nice

Wong Kar Wai and Soderbergh are geniuses, Antonioni shows only a fragment of what he used to do. But still, despite the talent of these three, the film is best enjoyed as three separate entities, not one cohesive whole.

Kar-Wai's The Hand is just about one of the greatest moments I've ever had viewing a short film. It's too bad Antonioni's film is nearly unwatchable and borderline inane. Soderburgh's is merely below-average. When the attempt to fuse these films together coherently doesn't work, you have a mess.

Disjointed when the three stories are supposed to be relevant to each other.

Even the Wong doesn't really work. It's too short for him to work his magic. Still the best short film I've ever seen but the rest of the collection is boring. Half of the Antonioni is taken up by a naked girl dancing on the beach. Robert Downey Jr. Plays Robert Downey Jr. in a chair. 80 then for The Hand, 10 for both of whatever the other two were titled.

It's ironic, really: the very worst movie of the three movies (The Dangerous Thread of Things) came from the very best director of the three directors hired (Michelangelo Antonio).