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Mies vailla menneisyyttä (2002)
Truly a study in Existentialism
The main character has to create meaning in his life because he has no functional memories of his prior life except for language and the ability to interact with other humans. His mere existence precedes and is more fundamental than any meaning which may be ascribed to him. The viewer is left to accept this without having it overtly imposed on him/her.
What a beautiful example of the essence of a human being...about the evolution of a man who lacks any context and who does not impose his current reality on others - rather, he seeks only to find meaning for himself and nothing else.
El colombian dream (2005)
Frenetic is an understatement
The Director longs for Colombian cinema to be taken seriously outside of Colombia. This will not be the film to accomplish that goal. The film is basically another story about the tragedy of the drug trade, this time in a hyper-frenetic magical realism style. One of the reasons this film will have difficulty being accepted outside of the Spanish-speaking world is that it will be virtually impossible to create subtitles. This might not be an issue for a film "purist" but from a practical point of view if you don't speak Spanish the film probably looks like a sick cartoon. Obviously the director has talent and creativity but it needs to channeled a little better.