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Volver 2006
Part of the Around the World in 30 Days: A 30 Days, 30 Countries Challenge
Film #7: Spain
Volver is a family drama that starts and ends with many shocking plot twists. Just when you think that things couldn't get any more fucked up, it does. But at its core, it's about family ties and Almodóvar explores the dysfunctional relations and the consequences of their actions on the family.
It's hard to partake in much discussion of the film without…
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Bicycle Thieves 1949
Part of the Around the World in 30 Days: A 30 Days, 30 Countries Challenge
Film #6: Italy
I had wanted to watch a Fellini film for my Italian entry into the challenge, but I couldn't find La Dolce Vita or 8 1/2 in my library. Picking up Bicycle Thieves was one of the best decisions that I made, albeit unknowingly.
The film is so beautiful in its simplicity. It portrays the stark reality of working class poverty in post-war…
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Exit Through the Gift Shop 2010
It's confounding. It's thought-provoking. It's unexpected. All the things a good documentary should be.
Makes you think about what art is; where do you draw the line between creativity and delusion? What makes art?
The documentary in itself is nothing like what I've watched before. It takes your preconceived notions and flips it on your head. Extraordinary.
I'm still blown away, speechless really.
"I think the joke is on... I don’t know who the joke is on, really. I don’t even know if there is a joke."
