First of all, I hate to talk about movies that I don't like. Normaly I don't write anything when I dislike a movie but this one has high ratings and I don't know how.
This is not a movie. I tried to watch almost 2 hours but I turned it off. No messages, no intense moments, nothing special about the acting, nothing special about the direction, no script,no story, no characters, no nothing. I love single set movies and I also like minimalistic movies but this one was not entertaining at all. Seriously take your camera place it somewhere in your room and just sit there,eat, watch TV, go to the bathroom, sleep, do that everyday and Baaaaaaam you have your masterpiece.
If you watched "Intouchables 2011" (Best movie of the year,imo) try to remember the scene when Philippe sold the crap that Driss painted to ritch people for 15.000 Euro. Just because he told them it's good they gave 15.000 to buy it. Same thing here.
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13 years ago
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sradivoy-1
13 years ago
Best film of the year! You're nuts.
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13 years ago
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sradivoy-1
13 years ago
This is a very powerful film. The banal repititions have an accumalative effect that pays off big time in the final scene and phrase "you have to eat". Most films don't attach much importance to eating and therefor don't spend much time on it. But what can be more important than eating? Tarr attaches great importance to it by focusing on it. His value judgements are spot on in illuminating certain aspects of the human condition. Like the howling wind outside it strips away humanity down to its barest essentials. The characters exist as well as the film and nothing more. It's a very potent distillation of themes he explored in his other films - much like a shot of brandy. He takes one theme and expands upon it to make it more universal. What makes this film great for me is that it has both a uniquely cinematic vision as well as a distinct vision of the human condition. Very few films have both. At least we agree on the opening scene - one of the great dolly/tracking shots ever put on film.
Correction: best film that I've seen thus far this decade. You've seen more than me. I plan to see A Seperation tomorrow as well as A Dangerous Method. Loved Tree of Life, Melancholia, and Take shelter. La Quatro Volte is another gem you probably wouldn't like. I admit this film is not for everyone.
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nightbiker-1
12 years ago
It really has EVERYTHING to do with what people want in their movie 'experience'. This kind of film would not appeal to me in ANY way -even if it were free, I'd take a pass. I'm not trying to put it down, just pointing out that since it isn't MY kind of film, I wouldn't bother -if I were to see it, I'd be bitterly disappointed and the rating would reflect it.
I don't rate a movie as 'good' simply because its foreign-made or because it is supposed to be 'transcendental' or some other nebulous 'trendy' or 'snob' term.
Now, if that is the kind of thing you like, and you see the film -and it is exactly what you want, then you would certainly be right to give it a high rating. There is nothing wrong with that. After all, if we all liked the same thing, there wouldn't be any point in making different types of movies.
This one clearly isn't targeting a very wide range of viewers.
Even a cursory glance at the description is enough to show that.
Would it do well with a wide distribution (thousands of screens etc) ? No, not likely -which is also why it isn't presented as such.
Again, there is nothing wrong with that.
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PoppyTransfusion
13 years ago
No messages, no intense moments, nothing special about the acting, nothing special about the direction, no script,no story, no characters, no nothing.
This, simply, is not true. My experience watching the film was intense as it required of me a lot of commitment. The film replaces dialogue with symbolism and there are plenty of messages in the actions of the two main characters, as there is in the very sparing dialogue. Perhaps there's nothing special in the acting although being able to maintain such emotionless and deadpan delivery throughout requires a discipline of a kind. The direction was similarly disciplined and many shots were like beautiful photos with superb black and white photography and very controlled long shots that moved almost imperceptibly. The choice of the director to show the same repeating behaviours over several days but shot from different perspectives suggests an intelligence in the directing. The opening scene where the man is driving the horse home through mist and wind was incredibly atmospheric and would not be out of place in many a fine horror film.
I will not pretend that I understood all the messages, better described as symbolism, and reading some of the posts here I am able to put together what I saw with symbolic meanings. I disagree, also, with your choice of best 2011 film but that's not really surprising.
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