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  • ScreeningNotes

    ★★★★★

    "All my life I've felt like I was here and somewhere else at the same time."

    Two Irène Jacobs; two bodies, one identity. An allegory for alienation, a soul divided between two people, a self split between two selves. This metaphor mediated through a stylistic motif of perception, seeing through eyes, lenses, windows, glasses, cameras, bouncy balls. Even the film's own visual aesthetic is thematically self-conscious, a color palette divided equally between anxious greens, sickly yellows, and warm, welcoming reds.…

  • ScreeningNotes

    ★★★★★

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

    "What else do you want to know about me?"

    Well, here we are again. I managed to wait a whole 3 weeks before watching this again. I think it's official: I'm in love. I think I'm also finally ready to talk about it without spoiler tags, so hopefully I can convince those of my followers who haven't seen it to give it a chance.

    If you're used to traditional narrative cinema, The Double Life of Véronique can be a little…

  • ScreeningNotes

    ★★★★★

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

    "What do I really want?"

    I could definitely see this replacing something in my all-time favorites at some point in the future when I've obtained sufficient distance to look at things more objectively. Right now, even after two consecutive screenings, I want nothing more than to watch it a third time. And maybe a fourth.

    What's that? You think just because I watched it again you get another reading of the film? But then I'm going to have to spoiler…

  • ScreeningNotes

    ★★★★★

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

    "All my life I've felt like I was here and somewhere else at the same time. It's hard to explain. But I know... I always sense what I should do."

    Well now, that was the most beautiful composition of yellow, green, and red I think I've ever seen. There was some movie stuff going on too (you know: plot, characters, etc.), but I was just looking at the colors.

    This movie is something of an enigma, and because I don't…