30 minutes into this movie and I already knew I loved it.
Other than the fact that the experience of watching was beautiful with genius cinematography, color, style, and music, I was genuinely so conflicted watching this in the best possible way. The very real life of Carlos Robledo Puch and its very real effect on 70's Argentina was so subtly glamorized that I enjoyed watching this with a pit in my stomach. Every single moment surprised then left me…
"𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘴𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘺.
𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘴𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘺.
𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘴𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘺."
It Hurts To Be Alive And Obsolete: The Ageing Woman
"Don't pretend for a minute, as you look at me, that I am not as alive as you are, and that I do not suffer from the category for which you are forcing me."
"I'm supposed to fulfill my small functions, and vanish"
"All I ask is to get to know people, and to have them interested in knowing me."
Watching this didn’t feel like watching a movie. I sat and observed for an hour and 29 minutes and I don’t get to sit here now and decide whether I liked it or not. Gummo pushed past the usual movie dynamics and forced me to acknowledge the utter realness of places and people like those in places just like Xenia. It doesn’t matter what my thoughts are on the movie because they don’t have any power in this exchange. It…
