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A Serious Man 2009
We're very, very used to the principles of protagonist, antagonist, conflict and resolution,... A reason 'A serious man' is so hard to watch is because with every tribulation Larry faces, it becomes exceedingly more obvious that we're not building towards any big character evolution or breakthrough. We get the feeling of watching some sort of demonstration of the dreariness of human existence.
The characters have absolutely no sense of self-awareness. They are completely preoccupied with their little realities and their…Translated from by -
Swallow 2019
Weirdly, still unsure of whether I'm into this one or not... I did however realise, two days after watching it, that the title in fact does not refer to the cute little blue bird... Which is about as deserving a self-directed face palm as it gets. Bon.
I feel like there are a relatively large amount of movies portraying specifically beautiful isolated women spiralling into madness and obsession. I'm thinking of films such as Repulsion, Raw, Black Swan or The…
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Mr. Nobody 2009
'Mr Nobody' can't decide whether it wants to be a sci-fi, a family drama or a soppy (multi)love-story. Some of the ideas such as pre-birth memory and predestination were interesting the first half hour but after that it just becomes repetitive and empty. Because of the non-linear plotlines there's no time for character development. The only recurring character, Mr. Nobody seems only to be held together by visual elements such as costume and framing. Jared Leto's flat portrayal (blank stares…
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Sandra 1965
Not my most favourite Visconti. Thematically it's quite decidedly a product of its time; family drama and incest in a greek tragedian setting and a deteriorating bourgeois upper-class. I'm not sure the main lead is fully capable of carrying the weight of Sandra. Her stern stare, in all its beauty, loses credibility (her brother compensates greatly though). With all this the drama is so thick and theatrical, it seems to overpower the content. It makes me wonder whether it was…
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