Sebastian Schmidt

If you can think and feel it, you can write it. And if you can write it, you can film it.

Favorite films

  • Nostalgia
  • Under the Skin
  • Portrait of a Lady on Fire
  • Luz

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  • Logan's Run

    ★★½

  • In the Mouth of Madness

    ★★★★★

  • PTU

    ★★★½

  • Persona

    ★★★★

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  • Logan's Run

    Logan's Run

    ★★½

    I was surprised that this film is not from 1966. The idea and especially the presence of Richard Jordan lift the film a little out of its colorful morass. But unfortunately, a lot of things are not right here and the message is hard to take.

  • In the Mouth of Madness

    In the Mouth of Madness

    ★★★★★


    „Did I ever tell you my favorite color was blue?“
      

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  • Scream VI

    Scream VI

    ★★

    6 reasons why Scream VI is a boring movie to me:

    1. show it instead of explaining it - „Show don‘t tell“
    2. if the story is structured too complicated, find better ways than explaining everything with tedious exposition dialogues.
    3. if you break new ground, use it!
    4. character depth is not achieved through turgid dialogues.
    5. find the right speed and lot’s of red herrings to distract from your plot holes (Craven and Williamsen were Masters at it)
    6. take your audience seriously

  • Infinity Pool

    Infinity Pool

    ★★★★

    „It's time for you to shed that disgusting larval mind of yours and find out what kind of a creature you really are.“

    One thing is for sure: It must have been a difficult time for Brandon Cronenberg. On the one hand, he had to emancipate himself from his father, and on the other, to find his own identity.

    Critics and viewers were very skeptical after Antiviral. Possessor was at least able to put an exclamation mark on the film.…