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Our Time 2018
1. Messy and beautiful. Reygadas takes his time in the unfolding of this desperate and self-defeating story.
2. Intense imagery, as per usual.
3. Standout scenes: the opening, in which young social groups are depicted in their various stages of growing up, the musical car sequence in which the mechanical parts move to center-stage, and Juan's confrontation with the two lovers, particularly his mouth noises.
4. This is laborious, and there is no easy way out. The final scenes contrast the complex mechanisms of the humans with animal barbarism, yet the parallels are clear.
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Phantom India 1969
This documentary series not only overshadow's the rest of Louis Malle's career, but proved to be a major turning point in his life. Disgusted by his slow acceptance of his bourgeois lifestyle, the French director left almost immediately for India after returning from a brief showcase he had been assigned to present there. With only two colleagues forming his crew, Malle set out with no direction, no plan, only a compulsive desire to learn, explore, and let go of his…