I will only review things i have nothing bad to say about. Known by some as Masterpieces.
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Neptune Frost 2021
This African Scifi is a mix. A concoction of styles, formats, meanings, genres, contexts, politics and moralities. So creative, so bursting with colour, so messy, so desperate and spiritual, so uncomformingly rebellious. I believe that because of this … vibrant melange, it is a masterful piece of contemporary cinema for the technological /climate crisis age.
The film is gorgeous in visual aesthetics. Each shot is breathtaking. Perhaps of tropical birds flying past tactical drones in the canopy. Perhaps of a man…
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Apocalypse Now 1979
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
This is the epitome of what i wanted out if cinema. Its a vital metaphor for the real world told through an entrancing fable. It often reminded me of dantes inferno, in story and somber messaging.
The story initially hits hard. We are thrown into devastation, of the human mind and then of the outward world, immediately with the protagonist and Kilgore. Slowly, deserving of every god damn second, we sink deeper into the mud of war. But more than…
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Cemetery of Splendor 2015
Pong is a real contender for the modern master of minimalism. However, although he uses incredibly subtle subtext like a tarkovsky- he takes a much different theme, a very different take on spirituality in his work. CemSplem is an absolute masterpiece of Pongs style of the ‘meditative film’: profound wonder and unexplainable bliss in monotony.
Like all slow films, splem is filled with gaps where you can breathe it in. Pongs particular shooting and framing fits this amazingly: each shot…
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Satantango 1994
This certainly rivals 2001 for the spot of the best film i have ever seen.
Before going into this any sane person would ask if it is too long. But the length is related to value. You would watch a 2 hour film and not a 20 minute tv show under the assumption that, in that 2 hours, your time commitment is more heavily rewarded. More so the questions is that of a time:value ratio; is it worth the length?…
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