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The Absence 1992
Munich Filmkunstwochen
Not a review I'm afraid, mostly a note to myself that I attended a screening of a documentary by Peter Goedel beforehand about editor Peter Przygodda (as it's not on LB). Goedel admitted that his original plan was to join Wenders and Przygodda in the editing booth for Far Away So Close, but I thought it was really interesting to see a film as abstract as L'Absence coming together in the editing process.
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Hinter den Elbbrücken 1988
Munich Filmkunstwochen
Goedel's documentary reminded me of early Wiseman films in how it focuses on three men's life but manages to paint a picture of the community in Steinberg, a Northern German region in the middle of nowhere between Hamburg and the Danish border.
I do think the film's strongest moments come from that fly-on-the-wall style of filmmaking whereas any deviation from it, i.e. the more cinematic moments or the excessive voiceover early on, doesn't always work in its favor.Translated from by
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Last Night in Soho 2021
I quite liked the first few dream sequences the film had to offer—the recreation and portrayal of Soho in the 60s that fits Ellie's idealized version but slowly reveals itself to be more of a nightmare—but that initial intrigue fizzled out rather quickly to be honest. For someone who is mostly known for his juvenile comedies, particularly ones that are lauded as competently made genre send-ups, it's a bit baffling to see how tame and stuck up everything is in…
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Raw 2016
To my surprise, this 2016 horror film isn't nearly as disturbing as I was led to expect. Instead, Raw is a surprisingly endearing and earnest coming-of-age drama.
In this in many ways impressive debut film, director Ducournau examines the formative experiences of self-discovery and loss of innocence, of sexual awakening and craving, as well as the search for identity. On top of that it's a fascinating portrayal of the relationship of and bond between two sisters.
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