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, 05 November 2010

Eat Pray Love

TULISAN INI MUNGKIN MENGANDUNG SPOILER!
Oleh: Rio Johan (Rijon)
Sutradara: Ryan Murphy
Pemain: Julia Roberts, Javier Bardem, Billy Crudup, Richard Jenkins, Viola Davis, James Franco, Sophie Thompson, Christine Hakim, El Hadji Diouf, Hadi Subiyanto, Tuva Novotny, Luca Argentero, Giuseppe Gandini, Rushita Singh, Anakia Lapae, Arlene Tur, Dean Allan Tolhurst, David Lyons

Tahun Rilis: 2010

Diadaptasi dari memoir Eat, Pray, Love karya Elizabeth Gilbert.

Ini adalah film yang dulu pemberitaannya sempat marak sekali di stasiun-stasiun televisi dan di forum-forum internet lokal. Saking hebohnya pemberitaan film ini (setidaknya bagi saya), saya sendiri sampa merasa agaknya terlalu hiperbolik. Saya belum pernah membaca bukunya, yang saya tahu (dari Google), Elizabeth Gilbert adalah wanita yang cantik dan buku tersebut cukup sukses di pasaran. Salah satu review yang tidak sengaja saya baca memuji kemampuan Elizabeth Gilbert “menangkap momen-per-momen dari perjalanan eksotisnya.” Perjalanan Elizabeth Gilbert tersebut divisualisasikan oleh Ryan Murphy, sutradara Glee. Sayangnya saya tidak merasakan “momen-per-momen” dari film ini.
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Minggu, 18 Juli 2010

Burn After Reading

TULISAN INI MUNGKIN MENGANDUNG SPOILER!
Oleh: Rio Johan (Rijon)
Sutradara: Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
Pemain: George Clooney, Frances McDormand, John Malkovich, Brad Pitt, Tilda Swinton, Richard Jenkins

Tahun Rilis: 2008

KALIMAT yang mungkin tepat untuk merangkum “Burn After Reading” adalah: “Ini adalah film tentang orang-orang yang tampaknya waras-waras saja, tapi ternyata tidak waras-waras saja, yang kesemuanya melakukan tindakan idiot karena tuntutan situasi ironi.
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Senin, 28 Juni 2010

Dear John

TULISAN INI MUNGKIN MENGANDUNG SPOILER!
Oleh: Rio Johan (Rijon)
Sutradara: Lasse Hallström
Pemain: Channing Tatum, Amanda Seyfried, Henry Thomas, Scott Porter, Richard Jenkins

Tahun Rilis: 2010

Film ini diadaptasi dari novel “Dear John” karya Nicholas Sparks.

YA, “Dear John” berhasil menampilkan senyuman manis Amanda Seyfried (sekaligus bikininya) sekaligus kegagahan Channing Tatum – sekalipun film ini bukan film tinju-tinjuan, urban, atau “G.I. Joe.” Permasalahannya, film ini gagal menampilkan apa yang sesungguhnya ingin ditampilkan. Saya sendiri belum pernah membaca novel Nicholas Sparks, jadi saya tidak akan mengunkit-ungkit novelnya. Hanya saja, untuk sebuah film romantis, “Dear John” terbilang gagal.
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