Casts a withering eye on the processes that inform and result in conflict. Furiously abstract on the level of the individual shot, but incredibly powerful as a cumulative unit.
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The Heart of the World 2000
This might constitute the best (and worst) introduction to Maddin; if you can weather the visual storm of The Heart of the World, you can take in practically anything Maddin will throw at you. Also, this is just plain bonkers, and I wholeheartedly appreciate its existence.
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The Souvenir 2019
Incredibly fragile, which is perhaps the reason why this film has elicited such divided responses. Every couple of minutes or so feels like the total collapse of whatever Hogg has established, but, at least for my perspective, the film never actually splinters and breaks. Therefore, The Souvenir exists in this entirely fraught, yet oddly serene, space for almost its entire runtime (and certainly its back half). Really glad to have seen this, and would encourage some, not all, folks to check it out.
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