A really solid film but didn’t “wow” me. I had extremely high expectations going in based on all of the hype and while I liked the directing by Salles and thought Fernandez was really good, it was quite as good as I’d hoped.
I’ve only seen Motorcycle Diaries and City of God where Salles had a major play and I do really love the central themes relating to South America and Brazil in particular. This movie had an air of…
A very beautiful and cadenced film about three women in Mumbai, showcasing their intersection with the norms and practices of the culture and the tension of modernity in the Indian city - questioning the fixed societal roles of womanhood, religion, and marriage. I really loved the sounds of the different languages and dialects while the pictures of the streets of Mumbai took me back to my visit there and the sea of humanity I experienced.
I haven’t seen very many movies that can compare to this. An incredibly original and biting story about race in America. I was leveled. Big heavy feels. It was my first intro to RaMell Ross. His directing, adaptation of the book, and camera operating were so different and fresh and I crave more. The film skipped around and was choppy and disjointed and it added to the unsettling and discomfort it seemed Ross was hell-bent on making the audience feel.…
Absolutely crushed. Dazzling wide-angle architecture mixed with in-your-face intimacy shot on VistaVision. Brody is best actor by a million. The opening sequence was so fucking chaotic and energetic and the score just eviscerated me and the whole experience didn’t let up for the duration. The length of the movie itself felt like a monument. Poignant and important immigrant theme - when Laszlo and Erzsebet talk about this place being “rotten.” I’m in awe of human creativity, in this case director…
