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Pyre 2024
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It is without a doubt devastating to see your way of life perish to the point where suicide feels like a practicality. But what really was their way of life beyond the lackadaisical cattle-herding? And what were the reasons that were prompting this exodus? While the symptoms: lack of infrastructure and employment opportunities are shown, the true reasons of a consistently incompetent administration, climate change leading to unreliable agriculture weren't shown from even from the…Translated from by -
Salve Maria 2024
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It was not hard to understand every one of Maria's instincts or lack thereof, her urges and curiosities. Marooned, sleep-deprived and without motherly instinct, she was handed a heady concoction of daze and despair. She is worried about how the baby hated her milk, while she feeds him with a mechanical discipline. The only time we see her happy is when she gets a call about winning an award for her book. As she's called…
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Stalker 1979
The beauty of the cinematography did not distract me, but immersed me into the trio’s forsaken quest.
The monochromatic sun set over The Zone, and we are patiently allowed to acclimatize to and understand the strangeness of the place, all the while experiencing their confrontations with their existential quandaries and indulging us to reflect on our own.
I will not like a movie with scenes any shorter than these for a while now.
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Angel's Egg 1985
All those amazing paintings of post-apocalyptic ruins on sci-fi art pages strung together in a delicate, nightmarish animation. Extremely good.
I also suspected that I was missing out on some of the Christian symbology, which turned out to be true, there was quite a lot. Even aside from that, I didn’t want to form any metaphorical interpretations intentionally, because the atmosphere by itself was so immense and fulfilling.Translated from by
