rodmpecanha

rodmpecanha

Favorite films

  • Come and See
  • The Kid
  • The Conformist
  • The Godfather

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  • The New Janitor

    ★★

  • Fantasia

    ★★★★

  • Call Me by Your Name

    ★★★★½

  • Muse

    ★½

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  • People of the Po Valley

    People of the Po Valley

    ★★★½

    Didn't strike me much with the exception of the final shot. Simple, factual, but very inspired and inspiring. Nonetheless, good visuals for aesthetic studies of shot composition in this realm/genre.

  • The Brutalist

    The Brutalist

    ★★★½

    for an epic film, the second half is rushed. overall, I get the feeling deep down there are unnecessary lines and scenes that could be cut so we could take longer in other parts that feel left out. the images seem poor when the actors are on screen, not much imagery, not much creative blocking, the story between the lines wasn't that developed (about the artist's struggle). the ending being absolutely talked was devastatingly a bad choice, the uncinematic cherry…

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  • Killers of the Flower Moon

    Killers of the Flower Moon

    ★★★★½

    Instant classic.

    The way the film is about an event and manages to balance so many stories and a whole community into one thing without being preachy or stereotypical - great.

    The way the film ends reflecting on media's historical role looking back even on what once the film was supposed to be, featuring an inevitable battle on the fourth wall since the construction of that wall changed what was perceived as supposed to be inside of it, reminding everybody…

  • Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

    Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

    ★★★★

    Autophagic pop art, sequence to the groundbreaking Into the Spiderverse. This time with a better understanding of the aesthetic potential in its hands, Across the Spiderverse features a smooth transition in the story, from melancholy to wonder to rebellious desillusion.

    STORY
    It's too bad this is still a Marvel movie because it is so far from Marvel you would simply wish you could not associate both. The center here is not "the universe is in danger, there's a random freak out…

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