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I'm Still Here 2024
Only an amazing actress like Fernanda Torres could portray an amazing woman such as Eunice Paiva. This movie is unique because it depicts not what resistance looks like, but rather what it feels like. Sadly, a feeling that starts to become familiar again.
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Memories of Murder 2003
“Look into my eyes….
Do you get up each morning too?”Bong Joon-ho always creates films that make us look straight ahead into the things we don’t really want to see, forcing us to confront them. The result is almost never pleasant, but always deeply impactful.
I also find very ironic how even Bong Joon-ho would eventually need to confront the fact that in order to develop his ideas and spread his social message, he would need to rely on the capitalist America that he so heavily criticizes.Translated from by
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Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present 2012
“People don’t understand that the hardest thing is to actually do something which is close to nothing. It’s demanding all of you”.
I feel fascinated by Marina’s exploration of stillness as a force of expression, vulnerability and willpower. This is portrayed both through her relationship with the audience and with Ulay: The lack of motion that represents sitting quietly for 736 hours transforms into a dynamic state of shared consciousness with the spectators. But also, the passiveness of letting her…
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The Room Next Door 2024
“ ‘Cause there are lots of ways to live inside a tragedy. Of course it’s painful, but… But I can take it”.
Gorgeous example of how love and grief are intertwined. Almodóvar finds a balance between hope and realism, successfully transfers his aesthetics and humor into an American setting, nods to great cinematic references, and gives me an overwhelming urge to put a red lipstick on.
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