Favorite films
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
I don't remember the last time a movie made me burst into tears like this. A paradox of ovewhelming and slow-moving, gentle drama. I have always thought that the coming-of-age era is probably the most determinative period in any person's life - which is why I was inspired to write my first book, "The Teenager's Diary." Ah, what a beautiful period of confusion, anger, and mental battles. The way Sorrentino captured it and the way Filippo Scotti acted it flawlessly…
I mean, I came to watch the last, third part of this beautiful story with somewhat of a bissed mind: my take was that the story should have ended at the ambiguous point at which Before Sunset ended. But man did they write a fucking good script. What a besutiful, martinian critique and take on the whole institution of marriage! It was good-as much as I wished it to not be. The acting is as good as it gets, and…
If I did not see the actual footage of the Armenian family whose story was the basis of the movie, I would have lost my mind. I mean, seriously? What a horrible way to handle this great setup. I understand that as an American director making a movie about a topic that the vast majority of the domestic audience has little idea about, you are confronted by the need to make it relatable to Americans: hence, the social commentary on…
Wow. I thought Before Sunrise was incredible, but this is another level. When I watched the first part of the story, there was so much I could relate to, but this is one is simply a philosophical conversation for an hour and half. It was like seeing my complex thoughts turned into a movie. The acting us as good as in the first, and the smallest details provoke a barrage of emotions. You have to feel it. And the ending...that…