A film is - or should be - more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what’s behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later.
~ Stanley Kubrick
IN A BETTER WORLD (2010) — What makes the friendship between Christian and Elias so special is how deeply and honestly Susanne Bier displays the emotional side of both children. Only by peering the eyes of the two actors, I can feel the all emotional reasons why they become such small terrorists. YOUNG TÖRLESS (1966) — Violence is not just a physical matter, but also psychological and emotional. In Young Törless, ethical ​​and subjective values ​​were so contradictory. Then the boundaries between good and evil even more vague. PHARAOH (1966) — Faraon is an evocative anatopism, also an astonishing colossal. A truly rare gem of its kind. Not only works as a visual declaration, Kawalerowicz also made it so carefully, so mesmerizing, yet so challenging. THE BOYS OF PAUL STREET (1969) — An ironic allegory not only for the face of war, but also the heart of it: militarism and nationalism. The irony in the end makes the two terminologies be absurd. SPIRITED AWAY (2001) — “What's in a name?” asked Shakespeare. “A name is an identity,” said this movie. MISS JULIE (1951) - Miss Julie is a very challenging study, whether psychological or situational. In a simple but smart way, Miss Julie presents the phases of a political game of love and seduction. MY NIGHT AT MAUD'S (1969) - Éric Rohmer not only talk about choices and risks of choices, there is also a glimpse the importance of choices and the pain of choices. My Night at Maud's, for me, is the most amazing movie about refracting those two opposing aspects of life. TEN (2002) — The use of "dashboard camera" method by Abbas Kiarostami is successfully providing such microscopic spectacle about the characters, not only on outside but also capable of making this movie as a unique character and gender study. THE PARTY AND THE GUESTS / A REPORT ON THE PARTY AND THE GUESTS (1966) — The allegory is not only the great thing about this Czechoslovak New Wave Cinema movie, but also its weirdness, its unnatural behavior, its peculiar plot, but the most of it is about how the movie smartly move without caution. ELEPHANT (2003) — Elephant is a piece of work that should be commended for its bravery. Such compliments are mainly intended to for Gus Van Sant's guts on using such non-linear and unusual narrative spectacle. Also packed with such unnatural risky styles which was really cost lot of guts.
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Selasa, 08 Juni 2010

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TULISAN INI MUNGKIN MENGANDUNG SPOILER!
Oleh: Rio Johan (Rijon)
Sutradara: Cameron Crowe
Pemain:
Orlando Bloom, Kristen Dunst, Susan Sarandon, Alec Baldwin, Bruce McGill, Judy Greer, Jessica Biel, Paul Schneider, Loudon Wainwright III

Tahun Rilis:
2005

UNTUK ukuran film yang diciptakan oleh pencipta judul dengan mutu sekaliber “Jerry Maguire” dan “Almost Famous,” film terakhirnya ini bisa dibilang jatuh. Tidak jatuh bebas, hanya sekedar jatuh biasa.

Saya tidak bilang film ini buruk. Saya tidak pula bilang film ini hancur. Tidak pula saya bilang film ini jelek. Hanya saja, film ini tidak sekritis dan setajam “Jerry Maguire” dan “Almost Famous.” Film ini tidak menuntut pembelajaran karakter tokoh-tokohnya. Pun tidak memberikan konflik dilematika situasional layaknya dua judul yang saya sebut sebelumnya. Sepemahaman saya, film ini mungkin memang sama sekali tidak bertujuan untuk ditelaah kritis oleh penontonnya, layaknya dua judul yang saya sebut itu. Film ini, memang, hadir lebih ringan layaknya film-film penghangat hati umumnya. Bisa juga dikatakan, memang sepertinya film ini diproduksi tidak bertendensi untuk menjadi film yang substansinya bisa ditelaah kritis.