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Four Daughters 2023
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Great concept that blurs the line between documentary and fiction filmmaking and an equally solid thesis on the act of “acting” and its consequences. The topic chosen by director Kaouther Ben Hania to carry out her thesis fits perfectly too, yet her direction is disappointing in how muddled it is. One could argue that the film’s borderline shapeless, even meandering nature works towards the more scientific aspect but that viewpoint excludes the audience. Four Daughters is a film that provides…
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Limbo 2021
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Generic, bland and cliched throughout. There’s barely any original thought in the film and aesthetically, the post-converted black and white looks terrible. Frames are overstuffed and the camera is too tight even though the film is presented in widescreen. That being said, a handful of wide establishing shots of Hong Kong’s skyline are jaw-droppingly gorgeous and more revealing than the other film, which is essentially all design without atmosphere or merit. In these shots, light pierces into the viewer like seldom seen before. A shame the film went astray elsewhere.
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Megalopolis 2024
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A narrative and aesthetic disaster and, detached from the film’s origin and Coppola’s passion, frequently soulless, draining and arrogant. Coppola trusts us to find a sense of beauty, purpose and truth within all that plastic, fake, digital garbage but without providing a genuine sense of transcendence that lies at the foundation of the story, it’s ultimately a nonsensical treatment on nothing at all.
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