“Am I really mine?”
I often feel like I am living a life that is not entirely my own, with names and circumstances imposed upon me, with choices shaped by forces beyond my control. The more I think about it, the more I realize how much of my life is not even mine (if judging by how “I” got it, or by how it started to be me, and be mine). My families, where, when, and in what state I…
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
It is an unsettling depiction of the everyday lives of those complicit in Holocaust’s atrocities. The Höss family isn’t portrayed as monsters, they’re ambitious, concerned parents, even enjoying leisurely horse rides near the camp’s labor grounds, and the domesticity is what makes the film so profoundly disturbing, what makes us aware of how evil can lurk beneath the surface of normalcy.
The clothes, the jewelry, even the toys.. each item was most likely stolen from someone whose life was extinguished…
Komedinya memang agak laen. Visualnya cantik, camera movement-nya cakep sekali, lighting dan permainan warnanya, terutama di pasar malam, bener-bener keliatan apik di mata. Oki Rengga gokil banget, tapi dia nggak bagus di adegan sedih dan dramatis. Plotnya so-so (atau mentah, malah) and certain plot points were left dangling without explanation. Kadang kerasa komedinya timbul secara natural dari cerita, tapi ada juga adegan di mana rasanya ceritanya sengaja dibangun supaya punchline-nya bisa keluar dan komedinya berhasil. Product placements-nya vulgar sekali, but…
