Over-the-top writing and an overbearing performance means that though the film has good things to say around trauma and suffering, Benji's all-ecompassing nature gets in the way. None of the stuff involving him is bad in concept, but I think more subtlety would have done it favours.
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Enter the Void 2009
This reminded me of one more reason why I love the PCC so much. Some movies were made to be watched there, this is one of them. The audience reaction to the infamous scene near the end was priceless. I think I'd be pissed off at the audience if this was my first time watching it. But it was my third.
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Il Buco 2021
Such a unique film, a pure exploration of time and space and the gaining of knowledge that, through eliminating narrative distractions, allows you to meditate on the ideas it hints at. It does this with the lightest of touches, poetic images that calmly suggest a lot. They highlight the contrast in time and space between the outside world and the world below: a dying man contrasted with the unchanging cave; two men kicking a ball over the hole; the knowledge…
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Out of the Past 1947
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
Everything about this is so razor-focussed on its tragic characters and the difficulty of moving on from the past, helped by the poetic direction. The Kid telling Ann that Jeff tried to go away with Kathie at the end is tragic, but the ability to move on is what she deserves.
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