I'm still here is a force.
Or a torment.
At least for me, as expected.
I've had these beginning words for a movie that is actually quite similar.
This time in Brazil during the 1970s military dictatorship where the father is kidnapped.
The movie deals with equally heavy themes in oppression, manipulation and loss.
All this carried by absolutely impressive acting.
The only thing I would argue, is that I probably would have removed one of the two endings for…
Highly unsatisfying.
But that just due to the fact that the sound wasn't loud enough in the cinema.
We could of course argue about the fact that this was recorded in Dubai and the political implications of that. But as much as I would like to, this movie is not about that.
And I can have all that again when attending the concert later this year.
//Fimfest Munich
The dead don't hurt.
And while I do not fully agree with that statement, it is fitting for this movie.
An as much heartwarming as painfull and terrible to watch western. This is for me usually as much a bad as a good thing.
Most of this is probably due to the good script and absolutely fantastic acting.
Hating someone in a movie and afterwards seeing them in person is a bit weird.
What astounded me the most…
I thought to myself, let's watch Oppenheimer in IMAX.
The thing is, the nearest screen to me is by car about 2,5 hours away. And by train about 3 hours.
Sadly it's just an IMAX with laser.
So on my second run, I watched it in 70mm.
The same on my third.
With that, it will be the first movie I will ever see in a theater three times.
I've read some reviews before watching it the first time and…
