Estebán Rodriguez

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Favorite films

  • The Tree of Life
  • Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
  • Theorem
  • Possession

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  • Saltburn

    ★½

  • The Killer

    ★★★

  • The Salesman

    ★★★

  • Mirror

    ★★★★★

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  • Cries and Whispers

    Cries and Whispers

    ★★★★★

    𝗜𝗻𝗴𝗺𝗮𝗿 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗺𝗮𝗻 - 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗪𝗵𝗶𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀 — 𝗠𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄

Red was always my favorite color.

Even though there is barely any music heard in Cries and Whispers, perhaps one symphony that is like the musical equivalent of Bergman’s film might just be Mahler’s 9th. Or as like to call The Symphony of Death. Not only are the last five minutes of that symphony especially quiet, but also slow and meant to feel painful. Completely about the pain of going through death. It’s…

  • Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom

    Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom

    ★★★★½

    This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

    𝘗𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘗𝘢𝘰𝘭𝘰 𝘗𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘪 - 𝘚𝘢𝘭𝘰, 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 120 𝘋𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘰𝘥𝘰𝘮 - 𝘗𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘪 𝘍𝘪𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘺 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘯

    𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐞, 𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞, 𝐦𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐱𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐮𝐥𝐭. 𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝, 𝐈 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰.

    The reason I put up this content warning at all is simply because I understand that some would not want to read subjects this vile either due to past…

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  • Saltburn

    Saltburn

    ★½

    Fuck myself for getting tricked by a modern rendition of Handel’s Zadok the Priest that in turn made me think for five minutes that I was actually going to watch a good movie. We did it guys, a film with classical music that is bad. 

    𝗘𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗱 𝗙𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗹𝗹 - 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗻 – 𝗠𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄

    I believe that there can be much more purity, much more hope and much more good than there is evil. Humanity is capable of greatness. Especially in the arts.…

  • Mirror

    Mirror

    ★★★★★

    When my mother walked in and watched some of the film with me, she asked something. Although of course she very much loves and supports my own cinematic taste, she did ask why I watch "films like these". Mainly the highly philosophers films with little music. I mean yeah I love films with classical music playing non stop. But with Tarkovsky’s Mirror, I simply looked outside and see the trees leaves in my backyard bristling in the wind. Then I…

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