Gideon Engelbrecht

Gideon Engelbrecht

Favorite films

  • The Boy and the Heron
  • Stalker
  • Werckmeister Harmonies
  • Harakiri

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  • The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing

  • The Mad Masters

  • Memento

    ★★★★★

  • Anora

    ★★★★

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  • The Mad Masters

    The Mad Masters

    Don’t know if I can rate this, but it was a really interesting watch. Need to sit down and reflect on this one.

  • Poor Things

    Poor Things

    ★½

    1 star for Emma Stone and Mark Ruffalo dancing, and half a star for the rest.

    This movie explores so many interesting themes, that unfortunately falls completely flat with its execution. If one has to place a film on a scale between showing and telling, this film relies almost entirely on telling, removing any space for subtext and subtlety. 

    A very meek attempt at a display of some kind of psychosexual development and liberation from societal norms and expectations, which…

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  • The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

    The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

    ★★★★★

    This silent film blew my breath away. It had me at the edge of my seat from beginning to end. Definitely the most engaging silent film I’ve watched to date. 

    A lot of the shadows or impression of shadows on set and on the faces of the actors were created by actually putting those shadows on the actors with make up or making it part of the set design, instead of just relying on light, which is really freakin cool.…

  • Why Don't You Play in Hell?

    Why Don't You Play in Hell?

    ★★★★½

    Ek wil die fliek saam Gertus en Charl kyk.

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