SIMILAR IMAGES
L'eclisee (Antonioni, 1962)
Yumurta (Kaplanoğlu, 2007)
08 March 2012
07 March 2012
Egg (Semih Kaplanoglu, 2007)
Yusuf, a poet whose mother has just died, comes back to his hometown to bury her. What he hopes is a quick visit soon becomes complicated when the young lady, Ayla, who had been taking care of his mother, a distant relative, tells him that his mother had promised to make a sacrifice and that he must do it now. More distant relationships are brought up, between Ayla and the local electrician, Yusuf and some old acquaintances, these old relationships somehow evoke a new one between Yusuf and Ayla. The film is beautifully composed with a poetic pace and wondrous images that become hypnotic. These images also convey a very honest look into the artistic process and how self-absorbing it can , while at the same time so unfulfilling. All the gifts that people talk about seem to surprise Yusuf, as if he hadn’t really gotten them, most likely the mother got them and said they were from him to make up for his absence. Any artist knows how involved they can become in their work to the point of completely forgetting about the outside world. Yusuf and Ayla portray their characters perfectly.
06 March 2012
Forbidden Door pt.2
SIMILAR IMAGES
Persona (Bergman, 1966)
The Forbidden Door (Anwar, 2009)
Blue Velvet (Lynch, 1986)
The Forbidden Door
05 March 2012
The Forbidden Door (Joko Anwar, 2008)
genre exercise; b-movie language
alignment: from artist who puts aborted fetuses in his sculptures to savior of abused children to mass murder to abused child to... priest?
nihilism; no child wants to be born to this world
the forbidden door...
04 March 2012
Albert Nobbs (Rodrigo García, 2011)
Glenn Close clearly wanted a 'crowing achievement' (what various critics have called her performance in the film) at this point in her career after meddling mostly with TV the last couple of years. She is not only the title character of the film, Albert Nobbs, but she produced and co-wrote it as well. Clearly a star vehicle for herself. What better to way to make sure everyone notices her performance than to play a part where she will be dressed as a man for the entirety of the film (except one scene). You can already hear the critics of the future saying, "what a bold choice to play such an unappealing character! Instead of some sexualized woman or respected elder she decided to portray a man, knowing she would look so unappealing!" etc etc. Her performance seems to be the only thing that people are talking about this film, which is no surprise since the film itself has absolutely no merit: it has no visual style or coherence, it is completely un-engaging and by the end seems completely pointless. And if we actually look at Glenn Close's performance it is quite an awkward performance, and not a very great one. While she certainly does look like a man (the make-up was good), she doesn't portray one well at all. Her performance is just not believable and seems incredibly stiff. While the awkwardness might be one of Nobbs' character traits, it was the way they were portrayed that were problematic. Actually, the only enjoyable scenes in the film were those when the acting was so awkward that it became humorous. Mia Wasikowska's performance is also terrible; completely unbelievable; I enjoyed Jane Eyre, this just wasn't the role for her, or anyone.
DANGEROUS GAME
One of the best American films of the 1990s for $4.99 (members get an extra 10% off)! Abel Ferrara's masterpiece; the find of the year while browsing at B&N the other day.
03 March 2012
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