Eggers’ vision of this story, perhaps predictably, is largely unique because it takes up the nascent modernity of its social world. Where it lacks complexity is in its characterization. Ellen’s internal dialogue is conspicuously missing, and by making Orlock a figure of abject evil, Eggers fails to capture what makes him so interesting: his refrain, sexual repression, the desires that make him decidedly human despite all of his murderous inertia (which Kinski so clinchingly portrays in Herzog’s version). Stylistically a bit overwrought and repetitive.
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All We Imagine as Light 2024
Really a story about Mumbai, titan of cities, full of people struggling with loneliness, virtue, economic pressure, social prejudice… in just her second feature kapadia establishes herself as a master stylist with some of the most moving and dislocating visuals I’ve seen this year. Stunning performances, great score; loses some steam towards the end but easily one of my favs from 2024. Shout out to aphoristic monologues over imposing shots of cities gotta be one of my favorite genres!!!
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So immersive and textured that I left the theater feeling entirely emptied out, like I gave up my own desires for 2 and a half hours and adopted those of the characters in the film
My first Tarkovsky (kinda weird given it’s his last and he died shortly after its release), might go without saying that every shot is virtuosic. An antiwar film at its core; I was continually reminded of our current moment, and of the existential affliction that powerlessness and pestilence sets upon compassionate people.Translated from by
