I rewatched this in (even) better quality and on a larger screen and it was worth it.
I am not going to write a real review, since Persona might be the most talked about movie. It tries to do so much simultaneously and succeeds, without distracting from the sum of its parts: the mixing of personalities (Jung), mental health, gender, sexuality, motherhood, and the life of an artist. It's all there and all can be valid viewpoints and be equally…
You're dreaming in a language that I can’t understand.
Past Lives is more about proper understanding, that magical human immediate connection, than love. Furthermore, it illustrates how lives can grow apart by bad luck and choices. Choices that - while not inherently bad - keep the train you're on diverging with people you once knew. Even if one wants to grow closer, it isn't always possible. We cannot shape the future infinitely without taking previous routes into account. Life is…
Wim Wenders' Perfect Days advocates a slower, alternative way of living. The disillusionments of modern day living seem pretty obvious to me and as such it resonates and echoes an almost forgotten way of life that is long since past, at least for most of us. His medium might be film, but it serves as a way to provoke thought and a new way of looking at life. The killer soundtrack and great acting serve to ground the message in…
The film would just go on forever. Isn't that lovely?
Lars von Trier has just ruined The Sound of Music for me with his own little fucked up musical. Unique, quirky and weird. The sound is just so off-beat, especially in combination with Bjork's accent and singing. It was a brilliant performance. However, My Favorite Things will never sound quite the same and has lost its innocence, not unlike the usage of Singing in the Rain in A Clockwork Orange.…
