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Electric Dreams: Crazy Diamond (2017)
Directors still matter, even in series
As Steve Buscemi and Sidse Babett Knudsen (Borgen) are not only two of my favorite actors, they are also known and respected for their craft in a few continents. I can't therefore blame this misfortune entirely on them.
However I do not see what they were seeing about the script when they accepted it.
This episode might be a good way to demonstraet how in the end directors might still matter, for good or, in this case, for worse.
10 for this cast, but in other films
3 for their acting in this particular piece of work
2 for the script
1 for the overall episode, including directing, make up, costumes, camera, color grading, editing.
Electric Dreams: Real Life (2017)
What would the French do?
Frankly, the first thing I'll do if I wake up as a woman and wanted to find out about the reality of things, is to fondle my newly acquired breasts.
Its what the truck drivers in Truffauts pianist would do.
Fargo (2014)
Compared Fargo TV with Fargo the movie
Watched Fargo the Series, three episodes.
Then watched Fargo, the movie.
Must say, I forgot how good it was.
I was just going to compare the style for a few minutes, but the original did not let me go, I had to watch the whole thing.
The TV series is missing the accurate language of the original, its engaging characters and a well crafted plot.
It now feels like a waste of time.
Don't watch the movie if you want to see this show.
Melancholia (2011)
Depressia
This review MAY contains spoilers, yes. The movie itself DOES contain spoilers.
The first four minutes or so are awesome. You can do yourself a favor and leave the theater after that for dinner and coffee. You can come back for the last two minutes save the titles. They bookend the beginning. The rest is torture. If you are a depressive masochist, you might find the middle part enjoyable though. I gave it 2 stars for those few minutes.
"It looks like sh.t. I'm shaken." These are not my words. It's from Lars Von Triers director's statement about this film.
When Lars Von Trier appeared with Kirsten Dunst at Cannes promoting his latest effort in tormenting audiences he claimed to understand Hitler. Maybe because this rather endless, self indulging narcissistic art-house piece about the annihilation of rural upper class Denmark had brainwashed him to the point of calling himself a Nazi and Isreal a "pain in the ass". Who knows. Maybe he meant to promote the film. It did not reach me.
His promotional efforts got Trier banned from Cannes. He is banned from my play list too after I have been bored to tears one more time with outdated art-house tricks that have ceased to impress me in the last millennium.
Kiefer Sutherland, Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg (they don't look like sisters) and others are working loyally with their tormentor. It's sad watching them waisting their talent though on this pointless journey. Udo Kier has a short cameo and is funny, as always, even in pointless surroundings.
The editing is bad enough to use it as an example for film students on how to make wrong choices.
Yes, jerking a camera endlessly and pointlessly can be done, even 15 years after "Breaking the Waves". Back then shaking cameras without meaning was some kind of art-house fashion statement. Now it looks like someone wearing the wrong trousers to the wrong party.
The implausible arrival of another planet, being observed through an obscure piece of wire until it finally smashes an idyllic pasture was great for two things: it ends both the endless camera jerking and the movie.
Even if this review will be stowed away deep in the bulk of this distributor's guest reviews, I'd like to warn you. The film leaves you in pointless depression. If you think that's a good way to invest your time end money, I can highly recommend it.