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A Paixão Segundo G.H. (2023)
Cinema as a minor art
First of all, it's important to talk about the book that inspired the movie. Is has the same name and it's by the greatest female writer in Brazil, Clarice Lispector. Lispector is know by a extremely poetic and philosophical writing, that created complex characteres, such as G. H
When i was watching the movie i couldn't escape from the feeling that this work reminds me of the earliest stages of cinema. In theses stages, trying do prove itself as value as teather or paitings, cinema would copy these arts. Creating some kind of reproduction of them, as the cinema didn't have its own soul and esthetic found yet.
G. H is a monologue with two hours of extension. What we see in the movie is a long and lonely speach, as we don't have other people talking. This is speach is made in a closed format, that takes only the center of the screen. This closed format works in a way to prevent you from drifting from the character, as we don't have anywhere else to see.
This movie has great acting and a beautiful direction of art and photography. But at the same time it doesn't has a reason for it's existence. Is wasn't capable of finding a exterior motive, besides the book, to work this story in a different media. It's not really a different media, is a ilustrated performance that would work better a teather maybe.
The ideia of beautiness being the reason to justificate the quality of a work of cinema, even a work of art, it's the ideia that we overcame in the past. If the text is better in the book, if the acting reminds teather monologues, why would a movie exist just to be beautiful?
Propriedade (2022)
A good ideia that needed more
Propriedade is a brazilian movie that works mostly in a small scenario - a farm house and entrance. In the story we have two visions of the same story, in these visions you can understand why the characters act in such way. The battle between peasents and farmers tries to expose a long battle what occurs in Brazil, associated with slavery as shown in the movie. Old families that retains lands for centuries, exploiting workers.
This good ideia unfortunately doesn't follow a good direction or photography, that seems to emulate horror movies in some parts. The characteres are poorly worked. We know that the main character has a trauma and the movie works around this, but unfortunately instead of building the tension of being locked, her experience takes less place than the farm workers. This would not be a problem if they were good represented, but what we see is a bunch of clichés, we have too much people in the story. The conflict exist and their story too, but the way of telling this can't be effective if the movie has to run with its time. And also can't be helped by a poor photography, without a construction of the feeling of desperation, anxiety, that the story should have.
Retour à Séoul (2022)
A strong start
The movie begins with a good pace, presenting a interesting portrait of a young woman visiting the country where she was born. This good pace works with a terrific job in photography, very beautiful closed shots and a kind atmosphere.
Unfortunately the time skip (this movie has many) breaks this. The characters change and so your relations with them. Some dissappear without explanations and others are presented. In the end, this transitions create a distance from the story, pushing you away. I belive a slower transition would be enough to avoid this. In the end is a good movie, just a good story not that well executed.
First Reformed (2017)
Best movie of the year (so far)
Be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power. Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world.
Paris Is Burning (1990)
Stunning Portrait of life
There is so much hope and dreams in this role movie that it's impossible not be touched by Venus, Pepper, Dorian and all the other's that appear are in the most raw ways of living, you don't see lies here, you see only the real feeling of humanity, much, much hope and dreams, specially in the young, a certain sad truth of what life really is in the old ones, is simply amazing, not only for telling the story of the drag scene but for telling the story of real people with hopes and fears.
10/10
Hope you're shining like you wanted Venus, RIP
To all the others members that died after the movie i can only say that they would be happy to know they're legends, legends for all eternity, thanks to this work.
Sixteen Candles (1984)
It really hasn't aged well.
Unlike other's 80's movies Sixteen Candles didn't aged well, the movie has some dialogues that really bother me like:
'Jake: I can get a piece of ass anytime I want. Shit, I've got Caroline in the bedroom right now, passed out cold. I could violate her ten different ways if I wanted to.
The Geek: What are you waiting for?
Jake: I don't know. She's beautiful, and she's built and all that'
i think don't worth a watch, besides all problems the plot and characters aren't really that much...
Control (2007)
A poorly made editing of a poorly vision
Ian Curtis is definitly one of the greateast and surely a controvesial figure, people have many diferent visions of who he really was, the young death holds the fault for that but in this special movie i could only see a hollow Ian. You won't know him for this, you won't see a portrait of a real men, you will just see time jumps into important stuff that have no importance if not told into the right way, with emotion and calm, thing that this movie seens like to never had, it's looks like more a compilation of pretty people doing odd stuff in black and white.
If you really like Ian and Joy Division don't judge their story by this movie.
Important Stuff: Bad Dialogues, Bad Editing (looks rushed), Bad Screenplay
Good Work by Sam Riley, Nice Photography
Personal Shopper (2016)
Kristen does a good job and this is the only good thing in this title.
It's really a hard thing to follow why would someone think that the 'UNKOWN' plot was either a good or necessary thing to this movie, you really lost 40 minutes out of something that have minimium importance to the character and even less to the real plot that is....?
The only way this movie could be good was if someone took all his concepts and wrote again.
You won't take anything of this history
Not even a beautiful dialogue
It's just a waste of time.
My rating is only to Kristen and the technical staff of the movie that doesn't have any fault in this awful script.
Olmo & the Seagull (2015)
Worth your time
Olmo & the Seagull is a intimate movie by Petra Costa, she already has proved her quality on her first movie, Elena, and this one is another good step forward on her career. Olivia Corsini is the star of this piece, showing a amazing performance that won me through the movie, Serge Nicolai showed a good work to. I would recommend this movie to anyone i know and i would recommend follow the work of Petra Costa, a promise of the Brazilian cinema. A great piece about motherhood, work, self discover and the things we have to let go when having a child.