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8.4
8.3
Vittorio De Sica
I liked Umberto D. better, but it's very clear their both in the same category. Maybe my mood wasn't that good this time ;)
I liked Umberto D. better, but it's very clear their both in the same category. Maybe my mood wasn't that good this time ;)
Noctem's rating:
162
8.2
8.2
Larisa Shepitko
Two Soviet partisans depart their starving band on a short march to a nearby farm to get supplies. The Germans have reached the farm first, so the pair must go on a journey deep into occupied territory, a voyage that will also take them deep into their souls.
I find the plot very simple. This and and even the setting (thick cover of white snow everywhere) makes it seem as a rather minimalist or just simplistic movie. I'm a little bit familiar with partisan movement of my own country. Even though they struggled against Soviet Army, this particular story told in The Ascent has a several similarities to real stories of partisan of my country. (Though perhaps all partisan movements of that period in Europe had such similarities.)
The Ascent gropes one of the main contradictions in life of a partisan - whether to switch the sides or not? Who can you trust? Permanent suspence. Principles and easy possibilities to sell them.
Siuation that examines this as I said is a very simplistic one. I have felt a lack of complexity.
On the other hand, the simplicity emphasises The Ascent's allegoric side - the ascent of one's inward journey as opposed to other's interchanging descents and ascents.
Two Soviet partisans depart their starving band on a short march to a nearby farm to get supplies. The Germans have reached the farm first, so the pair must go on a journey deep into occupied territory, a voyage that will also take them deep into their souls.
I find the plot very simple. This and and even the setting (thick cover of white snow everywhere) makes it seem as a rather minimalist or just simplistic movie. I'm a little bit familiar with partisan movement of my own country. Even though they struggled against Soviet Army, this particular story told in The Ascent has a several similarities to real stories of partisan of my country. (Though perhaps all partisan movements of that period in Europe had such similarities.)
The Ascent gropes one of the main contradictions in life of a partisan - whether to switch the sides or not? Who can you trust? Permanent suspence. Principles and easy possibilities to sell them.
Siuation that examines this as I said is a very simplistic one. I have felt a lack of complexity.
On the other hand, the simplicity emphasises The Ascent's allegoric side - the ascent of one's inward journey as opposed to other's interchanging descents and ascents.
Noctem's rating:
5
7.7
8.5
DIR: I. Bergman
A very minimalistic film: 4 characters, two houses, a couple of streets and...lots of talks. Liv Ulmann's character is annoying.
A very minimalistic film: 4 characters, two houses, a couple of streets and...lots of talks. Liv Ulmann's character is annoying.
Noctem's rating:
906
7.3
7.3
Dogtooth (2009)
DIR: Giorgos Lanthimos
Greece
Three teenagers are confined to an isolated country estate that could very well be on another planet.
The father is the only family member who can leave the manicured lawns of their self-inflicted exile, earning their keep by managing a nearby factory, while the only outsider allowed on the premises is his colleague Christina, who is paid to relieve the son of his male urges.
One of those movies that are really good and entertaining.
Greece
Three teenagers are confined to an isolated country estate that could very well be on another planet.
The father is the only family member who can leave the manicured lawns of their self-inflicted exile, earning their keep by managing a nearby factory, while the only outsider allowed on the premises is his colleague Christina, who is paid to relieve the son of his male urges.
One of those movies that are really good and entertaining.
Noctem's rating:
1540
8.2
8.5
I could divide this film into 2 parts: 1. when the protagonist is a boy and 2. when the protagonist is a young man.
The first part is beautiful and promising, but the love story that overtakes the second part is cheesy and the actor, well, he doesn't persuade. The end is rather absurd as some characters are played by the same actors and some by way older ones. The elder protagonist looks like an absolutely different person. The last scene is beautiful though.
The first part is beautiful and promising, but the love story that overtakes the second part is cheesy and the actor, well, he doesn't persuade. The end is rather absurd as some characters are played by the same actors and some by way older ones. The elder protagonist looks like an absolutely different person. The last scene is beautiful though.
Noctem's rating:
877
8
7.9
DIR: Ki-duk Kim
A young drifter enters strangers' houses - and lives - while owners are away. He spends a night or a day squatting in, repaying their unwitting hospitality by doing laundry or small repairs. His life changes when he runs into a beautiful woman in an affluent mansion who is ready to escape her unhappy, abusive marriage.
Truly original story. The last scenes are just fantastic. I usually don't like romance stories but this just great and not outworn.
A young drifter enters strangers' houses - and lives - while owners are away. He spends a night or a day squatting in, repaying their unwitting hospitality by doing laundry or small repairs. His life changes when he runs into a beautiful woman in an affluent mansion who is ready to escape her unhappy, abusive marriage.
Truly original story. The last scenes are just fantastic. I usually don't like romance stories but this just great and not outworn.
Noctem's rating:
1686
7.9
7.9
DIR: Woody Allen
A divorced New Yorker currently dating a high-schooler brings himself to look for love in the mistress of his best friend instead.
The story is portrayed in a very light mood; the events, relationships seem rather unimportant as they pass and come. Characters too don't look somehow affected by this.
A divorced New Yorker currently dating a high-schooler brings himself to look for love in the mistress of his best friend instead.
The story is portrayed in a very light mood; the events, relationships seem rather unimportant as they pass and come. Characters too don't look somehow affected by this.
Noctem's rating:
248
7.6
7.5
Rosetta (1999)
DIR: Luc Dardenne
Rosetta has to deal with her whore, drunkard mother; she has to support herself and her mother though she gets fired.
It's a highly realistic story of an impoverished person who at first glance has no choise but to lead a certain life with different values in order to survive.
Rosetta has to deal with her whore, drunkard mother; she has to support herself and her mother though she gets fired.
It's a highly realistic story of an impoverished person who at first glance has no choise but to lead a certain life with different values in order to survive.
Noctem's rating:
1481
7.1
7.1
Never Let Me Go (2010)
DIR: Mark Romanek
Stars: Carey Mulligan, Keira Knightley, Andrew Garfield
This is quite touching (sometimes a bit too heavy with emotions) drama thanks to Mulligan and Garfield.
Bothering things:
1.The film doesn't approach the question why the characters do not try to escape their destiny and change society's opinion? Do all people view them as meat?
2. The idyllic chapter about the life in the border school. It's cheesy.
Stars: Carey Mulligan, Keira Knightley, Andrew Garfield
This is quite touching (sometimes a bit too heavy with emotions) drama thanks to Mulligan and Garfield.
Bothering things:
1.The film doesn't approach the question why the characters do not try to escape their destiny and change society's opinion? Do all people view them as meat?
2. The idyllic chapter about the life in the border school. It's cheesy.
Noctem's rating:
81
7.6
7.7
Seven Beauties (1975)
DIR: Lina Wertmüller
Pasqualino, an Italian everyman, deserts the army during World War II. Germans capture him and send him to a prison camp, where he does just about anything to survive. In lengthy flashbacks, we see him and his family of seven unattractive sisters (the seven beauties). - imdb
Concentration camp scenes are really wacky, the acting is good but the story itself gets synthetic. But I'm sure that there are only a few films who dare to show life in concentration camps as a comedy(of a sad and desperate clown).
(On the other hand there was a writer who was in concentration camp and wrote a memory book full of black irony and comedy. Of course, this was exceptional back then.)
Pasqualino, an Italian everyman, deserts the army during World War II. Germans capture him and send him to a prison camp, where he does just about anything to survive. In lengthy flashbacks, we see him and his family of seven unattractive sisters (the seven beauties). - imdb
Concentration camp scenes are really wacky, the acting is good but the story itself gets synthetic. But I'm sure that there are only a few films who dare to show life in concentration camps as a comedy(of a sad and desperate clown).
(On the other hand there was a writer who was in concentration camp and wrote a memory book full of black irony and comedy. Of course, this was exceptional back then.)
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