Ceci n'est pas une pipe.
"You can't wake up if you don't fall asleep."
Obviously giving extra points, Jeff Goldblum played the Alien.
And yeah, I can see why people are divided in the reviews but for me this was a classic Wes Anderson movie. But again, I do love a film where there's more observing involved, where "the depth", "the meaning" it's up to the watcher than just outright shoved in.
now you're the nameless master of the world, the one on whom history has lost its hold, the one who no longer feels the rain falling, who does not see the approach of night. all you are is all you know.
you are just a murky shadow, a hard kernel of indifference, a neutral gaze avoiding the gaze of others.
One of the movies of extremely disturbing cinema that made me avert my eyes a lot, and ask for the 1000th time if the human race, is like, okay. The movie is quite unapologetic in its approach to what it has to offer. It delves into the world of untouchable people in positions of power, and to what extent they can go to pursue their incontrovertible reign over the subaltern. As it takes place in Northern Italy, during the Nazi-Fascist…
