I’ll always find the narrative behind Rodriguez’ career fascinating. So unique, and something that cant ever happen again. Adding to that, Rodriguez’ music is brilliant.
The moment Rodriguez steps on stage in South Africa, and the only thing you hear is the bass riff to “I wonder” while the crowd cheers for minutes on end, finally seeing their hero, will always give me goosebumps.
Roma is one of those films that, however great it is, i will probably only watch once.
And don’t get me wrong, Roma is great. Knowing what Alfonso Cuaron wanted to do with the film makes it even better: An objective memory of the past. That makes the digital black and white optic, that can come off as cheap, essential for it to work. It takes you into the Life of These characters, and never cuts away, no matter is…
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“A specter is haunting Europe - the specter of Communism”
-Karl Marx
Just like in Marx’ Communist Manifesto, there’s also a specter (or, if we look at the German original, a Ghost) in Parasite. This ghost, however, isn’t haunting Europe, but rather South Korea, and said ghost isn’t the ghost of Communism, but the result of the opposite, the result of capitalism embodied through a man hiding in the secret Basement under a rich families house.
Parasite is…
Little Anecdote: We had a course in school about Science-Fiction films and their innovations impact on society, and a friend of mine picked Her. She analyses if it is Psychologically and Socially possible to have a romantic relationship with an Artificial Intelligence. I hadn’t seen the film at that point in time, but I knew the basic plot and I thought she analyzed the film quite well.
But having finally seen it, Her is so much more than that.
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