For the last time, once for all, is there a God or not? I ask for the last time!”
“And for the last time there is not.”
“Who is laughing at mankind, Ivan?”
“It must be the devil,” said Ivan, smiling.
- The Brothers Karamazov
I was always intrigued by this film but hesitant when I was first introduced to Bresson. The subject matter and it being an original work he wrote just seemed so different from his previous works.…
All my life I’ve grappled with the serious question: what do we do with human beings who are dangerous to themselves and others? How can I forgive like my parents forgave the woman who killed my sister? She still walks today, and I just read up a report today that she had gone missing in Lansing for a brief time back in 2016. Her ex-husband who had been of little to no emotional support for her when she committed the…
As a coherent movie this is a juggling act that really flounders here and there, with pretty much no takeaways character-wise. As popcorn fare though there’s enough Army of Darkness here to have fun with, and that touch puts it above a lot of the MCU.
