I really liked this movie. It is about how war and ideological conditioning devoid people of any sense of empathy but also the pride they create ultimately lead to death and misery.
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Wild Strawberries 1957
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I have rewatched this movie after many years and I think that I have only know truly understood it. Isak is a man who is incapable of forming geniune connections and has lived all his life in cold intellectual pursuit, becoming hated by everyone. And yet, in reality, he is a kind man. That is why when he is faced with death he understands his errors and with the help of young people finally opens up, even saving his son from his same destiny (in which Isak was forced in by his cold mother).
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Angst 1983
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Angst is a movie about pleasure. The protagonist gets his pleasure from torturing and killing people. He is a sadist. Throughout the movie, we are put into his shoes. We are told of his past, we are shown how he reasons and how he acts. In a way, we are led to become him, to understand him, to kill with him. And so here is the canundrum: is he a monster? Should he be condemned? Isn't he just like everyone…
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Viridiana 1961
"Viridiana" is, as is usual for Bunel, a movie about religion and politics. In it, the nun-to-be Viridiana visits her uncle and his forced, trough his cunning, to live with his family after his death. The movie shows the struggle that Viridiana goes trough to reeach her objective of religious gratificcation by helping the poor. However, she soon discovers that an inherently violent, greedy and hateful attitude is present in every one, even in the poor. And so, her dream…
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