PainJustPain

PainJustPain

21 l Film school drop out. Painful and Arthouse Cinema Enjoyer.

Favorite films

  • Mirror
  • First Reformed
  • Three Colours: Blue
  • The House That Jack Built

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  • Grand Theft Hamlet

    ★★★★½

  • Triumph Over Violence

    ★★★★★

  • The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath!

    ★★★★

  • Lord of War

    ★★★★

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  • Miss

    Miss

    ★★★

    Best work coming from Director Emin Huseynov to date.

    More Obession Kills than Obsession Kills, brand new cinematography rivaling Roger Deakins, with now 80 percent more background sound. WHOOOM WHOOM.

    Editing is a bit questionable, with the first cut being distractedly jarring followed by a black screen. That TV snow stock footage, made me laugh ngl.

    The DRONING track is too much, reminds of Blockbuster movies, you can always build tension with quiet time and long shots.

    The story is…

  • Obsession Kills.

    Obsession Kills.

    Style over substance, Atmosphere over Logic, but not exist a certain balance to be memorable.

    This short reminds me of Memoria (2021) with both featured protagonist awaken by a noise.

    While Memoria's Noise is tied to (admittedly haphazardly) a dark history. Obsession Kills is....

    Brother, What does the book means, George Orwell's 1984? Being the literal highlight on the bookshelf? What does the door knob means? Tape? What does anything mean? The Mise-En-Scene does not felt purposeful, or I need…

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  • Days, Months, Years and Nothing Else

    Days, Months, Years and Nothing Else

    ★★★

    Brother discovered chromatic aberration and decide to make a film.

    The writing is a bit too board to feel personal, but the sound is quite nice.

    Maybe try day for night to level up visuals and more showing, less telling.

    There's potential

  • The Sacrifice

    The Sacrifice

    ★★★★★

    Soul Crushing film, the contrast between the what it is and what it was is just made you think. The only director who can effectively made me rethink how time passes.

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