To fully understand the work of Peter Watkins, it is important to understand the context in which he made his films. This rule is especially important in the appreciation of Edvard Munch, without a doubt his most personal achievement, and one of the few who received praise from the public. The NRK, the Norwegian broadcasting company that co-produced the show, was particularly displeased by this potential success; it may be because of the fact that Watkins was a foreign director,…
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La Commune (Paris, 1871) 2000
13 days.
In 13 days, Peter Watkins, his team and 200 non-professional actors worked together to create one of the most important piece of cinema of all time. Its 6 hour runtime may seem intimidating, but every second is crucial to achieve Watkins' objective.
The director was already known for his critiques of mass media, and its tendency to silence those who challenges the status quo - he himself was the victim of the system, notably with the release of…
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City of Pirates 1983
83/100
Story-wise, Raul Ruiz is so abstract and obtuse that it can be hard, even for those accustomed to his style, to fully understand the essence of his films on a first watch. Visual-wise, he may very well be the greatest to ever make it, the only director coming even close to my mind being Tarkovsky. Rarely do you watch a scene, ponder if it's the most beautiful thing you've ever seen, only to be proven wrong by the next…
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On Earth as in Heaven 2024
Au départ je me disais que le film parle d'un sujet qui n'est plus tant d'actualité dans le Québec du 21ème siècle, mais j'ai entre temps appris l'existence d'un culte sectaire dans le nord de la province encore en activité faque je vais avouer qu'il y a là une certaine complexité. Par contre, je dirais que les réponses que le film donne sont, quant à elle, plutôt attendues; il repose sur une dichotomie entre le spirituel et la vie contemporaine…
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Suitable Flesh 2023
7/100
Everyone is laughing and I don’t get it. They see a crazy flick that doesn’t take itself seriously, terrible on purpose, and all I see is a poorly made film that hides its flaws under the veil of self-awareness and doesn’t have the decency to follow its own rules (what launches the final act makes absolutely no sense, and yet everyone just accepts it as if it was logical, or even fair). When I left…
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Sam 2021
Habituellement je préfère écrire ma critique quelques jours après avoir vu le film, histoire de bien laisser le film reposer, donner un avis qui a assez de recul. Sam fait exception à la règle, puisque je me doutais déjà du dénouement de l'histoire rien qu'en regardant la bande-annonce. On m'a pourtant averti qu'un aspect thriller inusité à ce genre de drame sportif-ish rendais le film plus intéressant, j'ai donc voulu lui donner une chance.
C'est très mauvais. L'aspect thriller tant…
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