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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Jumat, 20 Agustus 2010

The Deer Hunter

TULISAN INI MUNGKIN MENGANDUNG SPOILER!
Oleh: Rio Johan (Rijon)
Sutradara: Michael Cimino
Pemain: Robert De Niro, John Cazale, John Savage, Christopher Walken, Meryl Streep, George Dzundza

Tahun Rilis: 1978

MUNGKIN ada beberapa penonton yang bakal protes/terganggu dengan durasi “The Deer Hunter” yang kurang lebih tiga jam. Durasi yang lumayan panjang, tapi belum seberapa bila dibandingkan dengan “Sátántangó,” film Hungaria besutan Béla Tarr dengan durasi kurang lebih tujuh jam, atau “Fanny och Alexander,” film besutan Ingmar Bergman dengan durasi kurang lebih 5¼ jam. Tapi durasi tiga jam itu, bisa dibilang, terbayar sudah.
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Selasa, 06 Juli 2010

It's Complicated

TULISAN INI MUNGKIN MENGANDUNG SPOILER!
Oleh: Rio Johan (Rijon)
Sutradara: Nancy Meyers
Pemain: Meryl Streep, Alec Baldwin, Steve Martin, John Krasinski, Lake Bell, Mary Kay Place, Rita Wilson, Alexandra Wentworth, Hunter Parrish, Zoe Kazan, Caitlin Fitzgerald

Tahun Rilis: 2009

MERYL Streep, peraih 17 nominasi Oscar (tercatat ketika saya menulis tulisan ini), bermain sebagai janda tiga anak pemilik sebuah bakery di film romantic comedy besutan Nancy Meyers ini. Tema yang diangkat “It's Complicated” ini agak mengingatkan dengan film Nancy Meyers sebelumnya, “Something's Gotta Give.” Dua film itu sama-sama mengangkat kisah “menemukan kembali kebahagiaan” dari sudut pandang seorang janda.
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Jumat, 14 Mei 2010

Marvin's Room

TULISAN INI MUNGKIN MENGANDUNG SPOILER!
Oleh: Rio Johan (Rijon)
Sutradara: Jerry Zaks
Pemain: Diane Keaton, Leonardo DiCaprio, Meryl Streep, Robert De Niro, Hume Cronyn, Gwen Verdon, Hal Scardino, Dan Hedaya

Tahun Rilis: 1996

Film ini diangkat dari naskah drama panggung “Marvin's Room” karya Scott McPherson.

Penyakit dalam Film

PENYAKIT dalam film, khususnya drama, bukanlah hal baru. Berbagai macam nama dan jenis penyakit sudah dipampangkan di dunia perfilman, mulai dari penyakit psikologis hingga penyakit biologis, mulai dari batuk-batuk hingga penyakit kronis. Bahkan ada juga film malah menggunakan nama-nama penyakit-penyakit yang tidak ramah di telinga, contohnya: “The Others” yang memperkenalkan xeroderma pigmentosum atau “Lorenzo's Oil” yang membawa nama adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD). Ada juga film yang menyajikan penyakit fiksional: seperti wabah kebutaan tiba-tiba dalam film “Blindness” atau infertility epidemic dalam film “Children of Men”.
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