Watched the 205 min. director's cut Blu-ray.
With a few of the "JFK files" being unveiled to the public since yesterday, I thought it was a great a time as any to rewatch this absolute monster of a movie.
It still baffles me how fucking good this movie is. You have some of the most wild directing of the 90's, some of the craziest editing ever, some of the best actors of the 90's unfolding some of their best, an…
Albanian cinema is definitely a blind spot for me, and this dark comedy about arranged marriage, corruption (of the state and the church) is certainly a surprise.
The restoration looks great, and whereas some of the comedic bits are a bit hit or miss, the whole is super pleasant to watch.
Decided to do a catch up to a few of the Dardenne brothers' films before their new one.
For this one they got best director at Cannes, and while it is absolutely their style, it feels a bit uneven. The subject matter seems to be a bit out of reach for them, perhaps explaining the distancing I felt throughout the film regarding our position toward the main character, but it certainly doesn't feel like islamophobia, as some on this wonderful…
Circus, amputations, crimes, murder, ambiguous morals, religion, double identities, deformities, obsession, Lon Chaney being a weirdo... Yep, it's a Browning film.
All of his movies are basically people playing roles that overwhelm them to a point that they are reduced to being, or even remembered as, the role they took on ; this one being the most straightforward, and among his best.
How even do you pitch a movie like this and get it made ?
