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The Woman in the Rumor 1954
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
"It's gone all modern, the Mistress now wears Western dress."
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A Scene at the Sea 1991
Possibly the most poignant expression of humility and joy I've ever witnessed. If the greatest films are those whose self-effacing beauty (in both form and message) inspires genuine reflection and personal betterment, then A Scene at the Sea must surely rank among them. Finding one's own source of unsullied happiness and becoming one with it - perhaps that is what it means to truly live.
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Stalker 1979
What is it that we fear most? Hardship and oppression; the immediate terror that lurks in the shadows of a desolate, colorless world? The unknown; disembodied voices, impossible geographies, and the Zone's unwavering gaze? In Stalker, Tarkovsky posits that perhaps the greatest fear of all is the fear of the self, and the inability to fully comprehend one's own nature. Perhaps the climactic rejection of desire should not be seen as an act of cowardice or fatalistic indecision, but of…
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