etnografia fatta cinema. troppo fiero di questo mio connazionale. frammartino mette in atto un trucco cinematografico subdolo ma potentissimo. la tensione cresce cresce ma sembra raggiungere il suo vicolo cieco. i settentrionali si preparano per abbandonare questa terra che per un attimo aveva finalmente acquisito per loro un valore. e proprio quando sono pronti a tornare ad ignorarla come hanno sempre fatto, a levare tutto il progresso che gli avevano sventolato in faccia, la voce dei popolo rimane, ancora più forte di prima. non una voce supplichevole, ma un richiamo. una segno. un rammarico inignorabile delle spalle sulle quali ricavano i loro grandi successi.
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Blow Up My Town 1968
here i got how akerman is also about space just as much as she is time. i loved how there’s a moment where you get that the child’s voice is her own interior monologue, and that we’ve essentially been watching a kid in an adults body this whole time. i also think that even if it has a whimsical feel and structure she always always punctuates her films with the deepest desolation
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A Real Pain 2024
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
the ending managed to feel even less abrupt this time - especially because of benji’s impenetrable character and emotions, at the end the hug is more for david than it is for him. overall, you realise how much the entire purpose of this journey is more for david’s character than it ever was for benji’s well-being, he needed it more for his own personal growth and benji knew that. just like they both know that they’re not meant to become…
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All of Us Strangers 2023
although i really wanted to love this one, the whole film feels disconnected, a bit too simplistic overall and weirdly claustrophobic, ultimately hindering its overall impact (especially for the laughable final scene). everything just ends up sounding a bit too “it was actually all a dream”. nonetheless, paul mescal and scott’s chemistry is insane, extremely memorable, and it acts as the only thing really giving life to the whole plot
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