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Money is everywhere but so is poetry. What we lack are the poets.
Federico Fellini
Money is everywhere but so is poetry. What we lack are the poets.
Federico Fellini
Reviews 54
Braveheart
for My Childhood (1972)
The story? the title says it all: a moment of the author's childhood. The dialogues? Hardly any. The action? Mostly surviving. The setting? Scotland The result? Beyond words. Either you feel it...
Written on September 3rd, 2014 09:58
first of all!
for En kärlekshistoria (1970)
Down the tenements, watching the train below, she's waiting for him. Here he comes and it's suddenly summer. On the dusty playground, he leaves her, she runs after him, he comes back, he hugs her,...
Written on October 27th, 2019 14:06
Elegance is an attitude
for Man jeuk (2008)
J. To invites us to a dance. Plainness.Lightness. Four men pick pockets. A girl steals four hearts. A camera.The same caress. Did you like "The Mission", this almost silent action movie? Did you...
Written on October 27th, 2019 14:08
Identification of a great director
for Identificazione di una donna (1982)
I think there are no such things as popular movies or intellectual films. there are good films and bad ones. Whether they are westerns, film noirs, comedies or action movies is irrelevant. some of...
Written on October 27th, 2019 14:10
The surface of the volcano!
for Midaregumo (1967)
Regardless of Naruse's whole career and movies (which are great)his last one is remarkable in many ways. But above all, what best defines the movie is what it is not: loud, flamboyant, predictable....
Written on October 27th, 2019 14:13
How can you sum up trees? and life?
for The Tree of Life (2011)
Many things have and will be said about this movie. Regardless of the easy critics: it's boring, there's no action, it's self-indulging, etc.., I would only add this. There will always be 2 kinds...
Written on October 27th, 2019 14:14
Kill will
for Under the Skin (2013)
What is this inaugural light? A beginning (birth), an end (near death experience)? What is this language? Inhuman, prehuman? The first 20 minutes of the movie are mute, repetitive, mesmerizing. It...
Written on November 1st, 2019 09:08
The Sound and the Fury!
for Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
Fed up with the current trendy habit of series and numbers (Star Wars 5,6,7..32.../Spiderman, Ironman, Batman, Superman (did I forget one?)2,3,4 etc..) I expected nothing special from Mad Max 4....
Written on November 4th, 2019 21:25
On the Road Again!
for Vanishing Point (1971)
In 1968 the huge success of Easy Rider turns road movies into a popular genre. In 1971 Richard Sarafian shoots « Vanishing Point », his masterpiece . Kowalski goes to Denver to take...
Written on November 6th, 2019 07:14
Elementary, my dear Keaton !
for Sherlock Jr. (1924)
Keaton is a genius! In this movie like in many others Keaton is a fantastic tumbler. Let's not forget he was on stage with his parents since he was 3 ! Here, two stories mix : fiction...
Written on November 7th, 2019 17:44
