Stripped back Greenaway.
I'll add this movie to my case that movies without music can be far more effecting. Always find it so refreshing when filmmakers don't feel compelled to fill every awkward second with bombastic score. Everything plays out naturally here - totally my cup of tea.
Beautiful and deliberate framing. I love a keenly observant camera. The combination of a lush production design and well-placed static camera gives this whole movie an abstract and painterly feeling.
Yet for…
no thank u absolutely not
I think I've somewhat recovered from the whiplash of this movie so here are some discussion points from our hate-watch party:
- the netflix logo at the beginning of the film was crisp and clear and we all marvelled at how high quality it was.
- why are the windows so yellow? did they just give up with grading the highlights?
- grillz are not drilled into your gumz. i did not know.
- the…
[Art Gallery of NSW "Flowers in Hell" Retrospective]
I went to Jeju Island for my honeymoon in 2017. It was during the dead of the winter season. When we arrived, we were whipped around by violent winds and rain that nearly had our little rental car thrown off a cliff. It was one of the scariest nights of my life, but we were met by the warm island hospitality of an older woman who served us fresh seafood and packed…
Far more nuanced and sombre than it's reputation would lead you to believe. This movie is commonly used as a punchline to some sexual/dirty jokes in Korea, which I feel is quite a distraction from the films legacy.
It paints quite a sad picture of life in rural Korea during the Japanese occupation.
Some of the comic elements in the first act feel out of place compared to the melodrama in the second act but I can still appreciate the…
