FMephisto

FMephisto

Favorite films

  • Lost Highway
  • Vortex
  • Before Sunrise
  • Paris Is Burning

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  • Stop Making Sense

    ★★★★★

  • Beckenbauer

  • Saltburn

    ★★

  • Death Wish 3

    ★★½

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  • Stop Making Sense

    Stop Making Sense

    ★★★★★

    Religious experience.
    I'm being sincere!

  • Beckenbauer

    Beckenbauer

    BR documentary about FC Bayern Münchens golden boy... It's as uninspired and uncritical as it sounds.

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  • Saltburn

    Saltburn

    ★★

    I like skins, i love call me by your name and i adore Patricia Highsmiths Ripley books.
    This film takes inspiration from all three, strips them down to their most basic ideas to then reduce them into a stew of vibes, sprinkled with some "shocking" bits so there is something to talk about.
    It never reaches the highs of it's inspirations (even Skins which did age somewhat poorly has more genuinely interesting ideas and moments).
    The last 10 minutes of…

  • If I Think of Germany at Night

    If I Think of Germany at Night

    ★★½

    I disagree with people that say this films problem lies in it's editing style. The long uninterrupted sequences are quite enjoyable in theory. Where this film falls apart is the selection of it's protagonists (and the way in which they were interviewed).
    While I do agree that the people portrayed are important to the german electronic music scene, they are apparently not the kind of people that do well in this kind of unguided interview. Most of the interviews devolve…