As humans, our minds are made up of a tapestry of thoughts, dreams, and memories. Memories we have experienced ourselves, memories relayed to us by others, and memories that become intertwined with dreams in a way that makes them inseparable from each other. What we remember is not a choice, but some odd fixation of the brain that latches onto banal childhood occurrences and important life milestones in equal amounts. But above all we are imprinted with images that have…
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The Sacrifice 1986
“There can be no question of a person’s remaining passive once he has grasped truths of that order, for they came to him without him willing it, and they overturn all his earlier ideas about how the world is.” (Andrei Tarkovsky, Sculpting in Time)
The Sacrifice is the final film of Andrei Tarkovsky, and as such is the culmination of his filmmaking style to that point. It features numerous of the masterful long shots that he favored in his later films;…Translated from by -
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The Devil's Backbone 2001
Hoop-Tober the 12th
From what I've seen, del Toro is a master of blending together elements of reality and irreality into one cohesive world. He does it in Pan's Labyrinth and he does it again here. He does a pretty good job with this movie and it was just something I enjoyed watching. That being said, it's not as outstanding as some of his other movies and a little light on horror elements, but pretty good.
My Hoop-Tober 2016 here
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Halloween 1978
"Death has come to your little town, sheriff."
John Carpenter masterfully crafts the quintessential Halloween movie. Every single aspect of the atmosphere and story he creates adds to the perfection of this movie. It transcends Halloween and speaks to certain fears that everyone has.
One of the things that is excellent in this movie is the score. In a typical horror movie, score is not a big deal other than to flair up momentarily in a jump scare. Carpenter, who…
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