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Cigales (2024)
scenes of summer vacantion
Families, young people, games, talk, aquapark, vacantion houses, eccentricities, a moment of tension, final photos. Too familiar aspects , correct presented, nice used details, images of early mornings, before wake up, the houses of vacantion houses - the images are only from outside - , a mix of nostalgia and flavours of summer days and thrill of end of vacantion and manners to waste the time, and some jokes and dialogues of young people. And, sure, bodies.
In essence, portrait of ordinary life in its easy moments.
Nothing special but pleasant.
And, in some measure, poetic. This is all. And just enough.
Live forever (2020)
justice
For so manz victims of serial killers, zombies, demonic posession, creepz spirits, aliens , a sort of justice in this very short musical film about a simple question , so easy ignored, but valuable for each admirer of horror films.
A hommage to one of the most popular genres ?
Off course !
But an ironic - and just fair crafted - rehabilitation of long chain of innocent victims and absence of motivation for their death, absurd at whole in majority of cases.
You can see it as nice musical video or good kick to remind favorit / classics movies of genre.
Important - the idea and its use , the choir of victims being just nice work.
Sister Hell (2015)
a dark fairy tale
A Norwegian short film reminding old gossips / legends about monasteries life. A young nun discovering sexuality and dreaming to a beautiful body. A severe mother superior and a radical decision of young woman who transforms in truth her dream, seduces a man in a strip club, seems near the punishment for her sins, , destroy the salvation of mother superior, seduces, to , the demon.
In fact, the demon playing accordion is the best part of this short film, nice intentioned, no doubts, but very poor and dominated by high unrealism.
A sort of easy horror, some blasphemy and absurd end. But, sure, an easy film , ironic about Church can not offer more.
Closure (2024)
correct
The infidelity of his boyfriend put a young man in womb of anxiety, frustrations, depression .
A friend suggests the psychoterapist as helper . You discover the confession of young guy and his regrets , the sadness and the start of reconciliation with himself.
Nothing new but, obvious, correct crafted. A film about grief and regrets and isolation in yourself. The last scenes are key of the deep isolation and fight to become free by the circles of past.
A short film about love and fall of world, about presumed explanations and the way to reconciliate with yourself. And, sure, about importance of friendship in dark moments .
The Van (2023)
a man. his son
A stubborn venerable man and his radical decision to not move if his van does not work.
The son and his efforts to reconciliate with father , to return him to reality , to determin him to pack and to prepair for new part of life.
Fixing the van, with not so reasonaple price, another obstacle is a phone , used bz venerable man to talk with his late wife.
But the things are more complicated and the contribution of mother to reconcilate the men of her life makes the things ruling.
In short, fair crafted sources of nostalgia and smart crafted kick to reflection about perception of realitz and relation with parents.
Damys: Blues (2022)
the building, the cloud, the song
I liked especially the building, the cotton cloud, the Paris air , the ball of nostalgia and melancholia. And the voice of Damys.
Not different by so many other songs, Blues has the virtue of blue state craft, seductive, provocative and fair constructed.
And, more important, the science to remind dreams, memories and to challenge the imagination.
A song about small truths defining us, in plenty manner.
So, pleasant, well crafted, poetic and generous source of suggestions. And wise source of emotions. Especially for the building crown by grafitti , by cotton cloud and confession defining the inspired art crafts.
Testament: The Story of Moses: Part Two: The Plagues (2024)
Netflix recipe
The main problem, in first part of it, in the second , too, is represented by comentaries of specialists . Obvious, in Netflix tradition, this mini - series is more a fairy tale, to seduce the viewer, especially for technical solutions but it is unfair to ignore than, first, it represents an illustration of Exodus words reflecting images, facts , gestures and decisions.
Or , in this case, the director seems a kind of elephant in porchelain shop.
Sure, Netflix has its policy and wise is to use, in large doses, indulgence about its projects. But Moses is more than an Alexander the Great, a Cleopatra or Anne Boleyn .
The consolation - the try of actors to offer decent performances, the images and the return to first discover of Moses life.
Benjamin Elgar: Shameless (2024)
little more than you expect
Maybe, eulogy of hedonism. This is the way seeing, by me, this song, served, in fair manner, by the video. A young man and his long distance love. A sort of corruption by the other and homosexual veil , with some dark touch.
Good voice, not bad lyrics and inspired atmosphere.
Nothing new, in essence, but seductive, provocative and trendy . And little more than the love song who you expect because not exactly the sensuality, grace of desire or intense affection defines it but a sort of captivity inside strange condition.
In short, interesting . One of songs reminding easy - part fair- hidden truths.
Zita Sempri (2022)
letters
A masterpiece for who, at the end, you are profound grateful to director. But to define the use of term masterpiece is far to be easy.
It is a masterpiece because it is so personal, so delicate crafted, so poetic , touching and with intense love crafted than it becomes , for viewer, a personal story.
It is beautiful, in special manner, because it translates, in wise manner, truths behind definitions.
A young dancer , living in London, writing a letter to her mother from Sicily. Memories, images, hours together, try to define and understand the woman who gives to young lady everything. The sacrifices, strongest , wisdom of mother, gentle defined . And the lines of her, in a drawer.
In short, in profound way , a magnificent masterpiece.
Testament: The Story of Moses: Part One: The Prophet (2024)
reasonable
Each new docu-drama produced by Netflix I saw with serious reserves or just suspicion. For ...innovations, subjectivity and extravagances.
This first part is not exactly an exception, desire to impress being source for some strange details far by Exodus. But, for a viewer knowing the history of Moses, with a spoon of indulgence, the story just works.
It works for decent acting and for nice locations. It has some holes are result of hurry - the kill of Egyptian flogger , the snake in bedroom, the light on Sinai Mount and the voice of Allmighty-. But it offers a not bad premise and, in essence, this is the good detail mattering in case of episode.
Shroud (2021)
a car accident on isolated road
A young couple. Their travel to home is interrupted by. A car accident. A presumed stranger. Violence . Two murders. Remorses, a guide and the clash against bitter reality.
A short film defined by atmosphere and good acting, by simple story and precise use of details, by the status of trip in memory and perceptions and experiences of a young man for understand the source of frustration, fears and regrets.
Admirable crafted, it offers one of interogative stories in which the viewer becomes , in some measure, in sort form, part.
The end, not original, works as fair one , defining the bitterness of story and lost of hope.
Push to Enter (2024)
the pair of keys
A delivery man finds, as result of hurry of customer, the keys of her appartment on doorstep.
An ill father, loneliness, temptation to enter in appartment becomes a kind of obsession.
This moral dilemma represents more than fight against temptation or way to become intruder - thief but a chance to create sense to his gray life.
Beautiful acting - inspired portrait of Hugo by Laith Nakli- , inspired question to the viewer about best option in kind of situation, fair end.
And the realistic image of life in pandemic, insecurity and a presumed gift who can, in radical manner, change life. And, sure, the best - the relation of customer , organizer of party , and delivery man.
Hollywoodland (2006)
roots of a death
Two basic virtues - the atmosphere and fine work of Ben Affleck.
One sin- the ambition to explore too much a story saved only by flash backs.
An actor looking for succes. An opportunity and a couple powerful scenes. A portrait- precise, admirable crafted- of deep loneliness and the fall of try to escape from the pressure of studio, a character shadow and a small world not enough.
A death and the effort of detective to find the truth about it, in a mix of conspiracy presumation and complicated personal life.
The result - a decent film who could be better. But few scenes are just great and, at final, maybe, for me in sure way, it is only matters thing.
Love's Unfolding Dream (2007)
nice
New generation and new love story. Temptation of some critics but the message, the sweetness, the moral lessons and the supporting characters are just enough for appreciate the new part of series.
I admitt, I was seduced more by supporting actors performances and by temptation to imagine new version of Michaela Quin. Because the way of Belinda, out of supposition about pre - feminism, reflects the spirit of a so easy idealized United States in its modern age.
Sure, the romance between Belinda and Andrew is forced in some measure but good kick to remind the others of series. And the transformation of girl in young woman is just fair crafted.
So, nice, in real sense, is the good word to define this film.
Cure(d) (2011)
silly
A silly story about apparences, good son and pills against gay attraction. A young man confess to his parents be homosexual, seeming just serious to fight against this kind of...attraction. The next day, they offer to boy miraculous pills helping him about...problem. And all seems pure harmony.
But the end of film offers some answers, suggests others.
A reasonable chain of lies offers the clue about serious indulgence of parents - the effect placebo seems obvious in this case - and the relation of boy with his school mate is, no doubts, less...platonic.
In short, some irony, some complicity with viewer expectations . Enough for silly story and nice short film.
Kashi no ki Mokku (1972)
nostalgic
No doubts, Pinocchio deserves a series for tell , in fair manner, its story. But , if , for child, his adventure are intense, the expectations about new episode - just high, for adult the darkness defining almost each episode is the significant trait of this series.
Like the innovations by book , Pinocchio being bullyied in so many forms, dismembered, hunted and in painfull look for his father than it seems little too much for an animation series.
But, sure, the purpose is noble and the end fair recompensation.
After decades, only feeling remains the nostalgia about one of series so different, sure, I am more than subjective, by present animations.
Next (2018)
the photographer
A photographer experementing on his clients forms of violence, brutality and humiliation.
A heavy guy becomes , for many reasons, the great mistake of photographer career.
The result- just a great short film. Not for story itself - its final part is only imaginated - but for rich references , from totalitarian regimes to Shoah and , as part of it, medical experiments of a doctor Mengele.
But the good point is the precise image of man as object for the other. The gallery of portraits , swollen faces remains the intense image.
Like the fate of photographer, transformed in a kind of Pinocchio - his client , becoming master, representing good illustration of presumed. Circus owner.
Heart disease (2014)
Dostoievsky touch
It reminds one of Dostoievsky short stories. A 44 years old man, his younger, devotated boyfriend, a presumed heart atack and the ambulance doctor. Homophobia, imixtion in privat life of patent, sex of younger characters and the loneliness as only reasonable option for Leonid.
Many scenes, dialogue itself are more than familiar from other Soviet, Russian film.
The dialogue between Leonid and Dimitri , before presence of doctor and her assistent, the dialogue between medic and patient, the last scenes are the motives to define the film as more a seed of feelings than vehicle for story.
Because it is a film about loneliness, in precise, simple terms more than story of a gay couple. And the state of a man not far by his death, tired and conscient about vanity of everything is the motif to appreciate this admirable crafted short film.
Avery (2022)
a young man. his dad
After Sci Fi-s exploring extraterrestrial life from different perspectives, Avery seems a sort of fresh air. The motif - the relation father - son is the axis, the air of modern fairy tale just works, the tension is well crafted, like nostalgia and delicat relation between them, the special effects are OK and the yard of house can be the perfect location for a sort of eulogy of courage in Star Wars manner.
The result - just a nice short film about childhood in memories of young man, about a man absorbed by his job, about a promise at five years old and the decision of young man after decades, about a father with essential task.
In short, just fair.
Black Hole (2022)
before the end
A young man . His thoughts, alcohol as instrument for obtain peace , love story, fear and regrets. And the way to explore the past for answers and for understand the truth.
Poetic, soft and refined form of tension. The image of black hole remaining for some time in memory and the performance of Dylan Stumer being admirable in each aspect.
The basic virtue - fair crafted romance , nice atmosphere of end of world and smart exploration of fears not very far by many from us.
The result - inspired melancholia and realistic images of regrets and dreams, value of a photography and alcohol bottles as refuge.
Mum (2020)
free
A dominant mother. Her daughter as prisoner in insaluber house. The references about father. The chain transforming the young girl in slave as presumed protection about evil outside people.
A Gothic South American story more than familiar.
So, the acting, the house, the revolt of girl about mother tempt to kill her when an accident seems offer freedom to daughter are basic pieces of this short horror about relation between possesive woman and her fragile daughter , about pszchosis manifestation and the wish to feel , plently, the freedom.
Well crafted scene by scene, it is just one of precious tries of definition , in fair way , of delicate realities by Kody Bramhall.
J' Ma's Journey (2020)
determination
A Taiwanese young woman and her dream to become actress after exchange study in Australia. Her determination, against reserves of mother, new culture and not knowledge of English is the axis for transform in reality her wish.
The short documentary presents the effort and the relation with others, the significant part being the expression of love for mother , the impact of Titanic by James Cameron for this way and the hard work.
Definition of succes roots and the reconciliation with mother are reflected in same measure.
The result - old theme, beautiful explored and fair encouragement for young people for make true their dreams.
The Dirty Animal (2023)
using Warren
A homeless drawing. The generous offer of a business man for seduce a lady. The accept. But the things are more different by the expectations of each of them. Beautiful performance of Kadu de Rosa and inspired - bitter end.
The other as tool for satisfy our interests . This is the theme, smart explored by this short film, offering a simple, so familiar recipe of near reality facts. Nothing new, nothing provocative. Only a homeless in a large city perceived as instrument for interests of people passing near him.
Beautiful images, useful moral. And a not so comfortable conclusion about human behavior.
Blackwood Road (2023)
reconciliation
After a terrible car accident, a young man is prey of deep depression after the death of his mother. Halucinations, isolation, bad relation with his brother and the darkness of full loneliness.
Suggested drug addiction.
The end is defined by the reconciliation of brothers as result of wake up of the guilty one.
A film defined by inspired craft of story , by fair reflection of aspects of ordinary crisis and for the dialogue between mother and son before her death.
A direct - precise portrait of selfishness , in veils of forms of quasi - paranoia.
Smart constructed, scene by scene, beautiful of Lachlan Crane.
Black Gate (2018)
the decision
A young man is blackmailed for do a dirty service. A boy becomes prey for a sadistic guy. But the things are more different by predictable expectations. And this makes Black Gate a sort of Christian short film, reminding the balance between sin and redeption.
Well crafted, well acted, reminding old horrors, it has the virtue to be a good psychological interogation to viewer, proposing, in fair terms, a simple story , a nice portrait of main characters and a precise definition of what real matters.
Sure, the risks of internet conversations, the enthusiasm - curiosity of youth, the manipulation are honest reflected. But the good point remains the manner to remind the way to fix an atrocious gesture, to give the right answer when the pressure is real heavy.