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Movies the giraffe watched in 2020: July (30 movies items)"First viewing - July 18th Portrait of a Lady on Fire was on so many best-of lists for 2019 that I felt compelled to give it a look. At the time of its release I decided it wouldn't be my cup of tea, but as I mentioned above I'm trying to push myself outside my comfort zone now and then. Overall it's a very well-made film. I liked the characters fairly well, and the story kept me engaged. I didn't love it as much as the critics seemed to, but I can understand why it was so loved and I'm glad I g"
“Céline Sciamma reveals the full scope of her talent with her fourth feature film, "Portrait of a Lady on Fire". Applying the feminist preoccupations and gender fluidity of her previous work to this eminently lavish and soul-stirring period piece, Sciamma expands on the ideology present in her repertoire, thus asserting her status as a feminist auteur, modulating and unerringly capturing the viewpoint of constricted women in a patriarchal world without ever requiring a male beyond the edge of the frame. Women take centre stage here, and the effect is as revelatory, passionate and expressive as you would expect. Lucidly summoning up the past, in this case the 18th century, one enters a claustrophobic microcosm and quickly becomes swept up in the intensity, isolation and intimacy of it all.” read more
Movies Watched in 2020 (310 movies items)"May 19th Directed by: Céline Sciamma I feel like modern French cinema has this strange feel of false extravagance. This movie feels like it's trying to say a lot and... isn't? It looks somewhat pretty, it's not boring per se, but that's the problem. There's nothing to speak of about this movie except for the actual plot and events that transpire. (that, and the horrible acting) So it all just feels very empty when it's something that I feel like I could have gotten just as much out of, if not"
Watched in 2020 (97 movies items)"3.1. Vuosi 2020 alkaa omalta osaltani vahvasti. Ja Nuoren naisen muotokuva viimeisteli elokuvavuoden 2019 huippulaatuunsa. Nuoren naisen muotokuva on katseiden draamaa, tunteiden paloa, rakastettavaa kerrontaa ja vahvoja hahmoja tuon tuossa. Ihastuttavan kaunis elokuva."
The Best Films of 2010s (50 movies items)" 2019 was a great year for cinema, and Portrait of a Lady of Fire quite possibly is one of the greatest ones. Stunning, tender, and full of discreet passion and emotions. The film of gazes and sighs. The writing is near flawless, the leading duo - or almost trio - is simply brilliant."
Film Journal 2020 (125 movies items)"A film where every performance is so good it's unreal with a very, very gripping message about how you view your past life, all tinted through a feminist gaze. Where something like Rivette's La Belle Noiseuse is practically the ultimate portrayal of the "traditional" male painter – a pompous asshole who would really want to love if not for the fact that he's a terrible human and because of this makes a piece of art so revolting it's never revealed to us – Sciamma's film feels like the polar "
2020 Movie Diary
Watched in 2020 (97 movies items)"3.1. Vuosi 2020 alkaa omalta osaltani vahvasti. Ja Nuoren naisen muotokuva viimeisteli elokuvavuoden 2019 huippulaatuunsa. Nuoren naisen muotokuva on katseiden draamaa, tunteiden paloa, rakastettavaa kerrontaa ja vahvoja hahmoja tuon tuossa. Ihastuttavan kaunis elokuva."
