Atrophist

Atrophist

Favorite films

  • Repo Man
  • Santa Sangre
  • Angst
  • Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives

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  • Knife Under the Throat

    ★★

  • Leptirica

    ★★

  • The High Cost of Living

    ★★½

  • Night Courier

    ★★★

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  • Knife Under the Throat

    Knife Under the Throat

    ★★

    Nah. Tries *much* too hard to be shocking and edgy, at the expense of a coherent plot or interesting characters. The soundtrack (obviously influenced by Italian giallos) becomes irritating almost immediately. The graveyard photoshoot is a glorious slice of 80's sleaze and trashiness, but it's all downhill from there.

  • Leptirica

    Leptirica

    ★★

    I was hoping for a bit more, to be honest. Too goofy and cutesy. At times hard to follow, and despite being just over an hour, still seems overlong.

    An interesting curiosity nevertheless, if you're planning on giving this a go, make sure you're familiar with Serbian vampire mythology -- quite different from the standard Romanian playbook.

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  • Repo Man

    Repo Man

    ★★★★★

    And yet, I blame society. Society made me what I am.

  • Models

    Models

    ★★★★

    Cold, creepy, uncomfortable. More than a little exploitative.

    Everything you want from an Ulrich Seidl film, in other words.

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