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Shadowplay (2020)
Good set, not credible story
The idea of having a young model-like woman as "commissar" in 1946 Berlin, however competent, is simply just not credible. Also her initials speech in front of her colleagues is very naive - under the circumstances. Have a look at contemporary series like Babylon Berlin, the classic The Third Man and likes and you find a much, much tougher and disillusioned athmosphere. And when the "head of the Soviet sector" shows up early in a quite unimportant action scene and "pulls rank", I simply lost it. The real one should never ever show up like that.
It is a pity that serious and respected actors like Nina Hoss and Sebastian Koch have to play in a comiq book like series for youngsters, or for people with zero knowledge of the history and situation in Berlin and Germany just after the war. The story should have been taken much more seriously.
Powaqqatsi (1988)
Disappointed at first, but 10 years later...
I saw Koyaanisqatsi several times in the late eighties and was truly mesmerized. After that Powaqqatsi was a true disappointment. I didn't understand it, to be honest.
Many years later I bought the DVDs and saw them both recently. I still like Koyaanisqatsi, even if it couldn't meet my great expectations. But now Powaqqatsi emerged as a true beauty!
I find the photography and music far superior to that of Koyaanisqatsi. Real people, instead of land- and cityscapes (even if wonderful). Some of the Powaqqatsi scenes are simply breathtaking. African women in clear red cloth against the desert sand, the introductory (horrible) scene from the Brazilian mine, etc, etc.
I strongly recommend all those that were utterly disappointed 10 years ago to see Powaqqatsi again!