I think Ingmar Bergman is often boxed in as this depressing director. Films like this, Cries and Whispers, Shame and Persona would all greatly contribute to that reputation. However, Bergman can not be caged in as simply directing human misery, films like Smiles of a Summer Night, Wild Strawberries, The Magician and Fanny and Alexander are replete with humour. Even The Seventh Seal, Scenes From A Marriage and this film have their moments of humour. What I'm trying to get…
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Dune 1984
I have not read Dune nor have I seen the new films and now I don't want to. This film is baffling, confusing, ill conceived and incredibly fun to watch. How did they think this would be a hit? How did they think they could adapt it?
This film cost about $40 million to make, this was a hugely exorbitant budget at the time. The budgets of the highest grossing films that year were $13 million, $30 million and $28…
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Blue Velvet 1986
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When I first watched this film when I was about 13/14, I disliked it. I found it exploitative, surreal for the sake of being surreal, no point behind a lot of its more disturbing aspects. Yet I came out of it this time having been enthralled by it. I winced in my seat as the film disturbed me, and somehow people in the cinema laughed. Blue Velvet is disturbing, hypnotic, violent, but ultimately it's a sympathetic film. It has a…
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A Complete Unknown 2024
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The cinematic equivalent of vapour. I'll stress first that this is an enjoyable film, but James Mangold seems to be the king of technically 'good' films that your dad will enjoy. Cop Land, Identity, Walk the Line, 3:10 to Yuma and Ford V Ferrari, are all in the pantheon of films that my dad has recommended to me.
Timothée does a pretty good job as Dylan, he does stray into bad impression territory in a few scenes, but overall he…
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