Ștefania Butnaru

Ștefania Butnaru

Favorite films

  • In the Mood for Love
  • Amarcord
  • Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
  • There Will Be Blood

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  • Matt and Mara

    ★★★½

  • Blue Velvet

    ★★★★

  • The Substance

    ★★★★

  • 45 Years

    ★★★★

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  • Time to Love

    Time to Love

    ★★★★

    Highly visually pleasing, with shots that made me really avid to see them forever (something that felt likely to happen because 70% of this film is people walking sadly across beautiful sceneries). I think it's because they're so very simple and black-and-white-striking. You're overwhelmed by how perfectly staged yet natural it all feels.

    The plot was similar to that. It's very minimalist and in your face. And that makes it equally pleasing to follow. It's actually nice to take a break from aggressive and never-ending dialogue, overly complicated situations and real-life relationships.

  • The Happiest Girl in the World

    The Happiest Girl in the World

    ★★★★

    Continuous goosebumps during this one. It's just so familiar. (haven't won a Dacia Break lately, but the atmosphere, the faces, THE DIALOGUE - I simply know them).

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  • Amarcord

    Amarcord

    ★★★★★

    Amarcord perfectly captures how it feels like to remember a complex childhood memory as an adult. Here, the childlike mind and cinematic instruments meld in the use of colour - many characters never change their outfit, resulting in fairy tale figures, whose personality is encapsulated in the colour of a dress or in the shabbiness of a hat. This is just one of the many odd characteristics of this film that help build the magic personality of the main character - the town.

  • Uncut Gems

    Uncut Gems

    ★★★★½

    I haven't felt so included in and excluded out of a film before. I felt like that friend who goes with you everywhere, doesn't really understand what's happening, but is excited you took her with you anyway.