Was not expecting this kind of introspection and sensibility. As “Never Rarely” this one this one deals with personal pains resulted from societal diseases with cautious restraint but there’s such an intense underlying critique of heteronormativity and exploration of homosexual repression that honestly even made me somewhat emotional? Also, Harris Dickinson is great.
80
Ruthless and surprisingly sensible commentary that examines the idea of “family” as an artifice of tyranny. Full of very ambitious ideas that never get lost in the meandering. This has the notorious “literary narrative lens”, that I do believe work wonders if handled as well as here, but Luiz Fernando Carvalho is not satisfied with overconventional settings and follow some deep meditative ways that are not only enhanced by his arrangement of reflective images but by Selton Mello’s dramatically rotten gestures.
After reading Scorsese’s wonderful essay on Fellini I was tempted to explore more of his work. And watching La Strada felt quite timely. It was my second Fellini, and I remember watching Nights of Cabiria last year and puzzling myself to get his style. Don’t get me wrong, I really liked the movie, but I couldn’t understand it completely.
But after La Strada, I think I know what Fellini is. The film is silly and funny but also chilling and gloomy.…
I finished watching “Mank” satisfied as if I had just eaten a delicious family meal. It was such a sweet, familiar feeling even though the content of the movie was quite harsh. This was just a very full movie. Full of moments, full of characters and full of flavor. Amanda Seyfried is flawless. The best acting in the movie and maybe even the whole year. And the score is simply otherworldly good.
100
