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Vive L'Amour 1994
One of those films that is so masterful yet so devastating I don’t think I can watch again.
Those dragged out steady cam shots that lets you share deeply private moments with the main characters. They are so unwavering and piercing that I almost feel uncomfortable, as if I’m intruding and spying on these individuals private moments. I’ve always had this guilty pleasure of passing apartment windows and imagining what the lives of the strangers that inhabit them are like.…
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Happy as Lazzaro 2018
I cannot think of another modern filmmaker that tells a story with as much originality as Alice Rohrwacher. Her films flow like poetry, wandering much like her protagonists seemingly without direction yet nevertheless exudes grace and beauty. She tackles some weighty subject matters but does it in such with such humility and quirkiness. Her style is unmistakable.
The use of sounds and equally the lack of established such a strong tone for the whole movie. Even without any understanding of its underlying themes or symbols one could fully immerse in its emotional expression.
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