It almost feels like Fellini's showing off at this point how skilled he is behind the camera; every scene is just bursting with life and energy. This was his first film to be shot in colour, but just by watching the movie that thought would never cross your mind. He has such deliberate and purposeful control over its usage, making the imagery really pop off the frame.
The extraordinary direction makes this a must-see, but really, any film that shows…
Nope. Sorry to say this, since I'm normally one to love Lynch's uncompromising outré sensibilities, but Inland Empire proved arduous to get through. After an intriguing first hour it just devolves into unintelligible malarkey, providing me with nothing to latch onto emotionally and lacking the uncanny humour I usually love so much in his work. I sensed while watching the film that this was an experimental, untypical production that was likely very rewarding to Lynch as an artist, and in…
It's been too long since I last watched a Coen Brothers picture for my liking, and this was a great one to re-enter with.
Barton Fink concerns the plight of the Hollywood screenwriter, how at the moment of success they'll be hailed as gods amongst men for their talent, but the second they step out of line and try to write something that doesn't conform to the marketable standard of a screenplay, they'll be berated as a self-indulgent snob, and…
Waking Life is a lot to take in on a first viewing, comprising purely of various philosophical conversations very loosely tied together into a narrative. I wasn't always sure where it was going, but every time the film was starting to lose me, it would pull me back in with another thought-provoking dialogue.
The choice to have the film be animated is not a gimmick at all, as it's entirely fitting to give the film this dreamlike trance. There's plenty…
