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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Rabu, 10 November 2010

eXistenZ

TULISAN INI MUNGKIN MENGANDUNG SPOILER!
Oleh: Rio Johan (Rijon)

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Sutradara:
David Cronenberg
Pemain:
Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jude Law, Ian Holm, Willem Dafoe, Don McKellar, Callum Keith Rennie, Christopher Eccleston, Sarah Polley, Robert A. Silverman, Oscar Hsu, Kris Lemche,Vik Sahay

Tahun Rilis: 1999

Melalui eXistenZ, ditulis dengan huruf awal kecil, “X” kapital, dan “Z” kapital, sutradara David Cornenberg menghadirkan sebuah film tentang video game futuristik, semacam MMORPG di masa depan (yang tidak terlalu jauh dari masa kini). Di masa depan, yang setting-nya sepertinya tidak terlalu berbeda dengan dunia masa kini, sebuah konsol game futuristik berjenis “game pods” sedang marak dikembangkan. Konsol ini tidak berbasis mekanik, apalagi listrik, seperti yang ada di zaman sekarang, melainkan sudah berbasis biologis di mana sebuah kabel biologis (semacam umbilical cords) dicolokkan ke saklar di bagian bawah pinggang yang terhubung dengan sumsum tulang belakang. Setelah kabel game tercolok ke sakler tubuh, dan game pod” diaktifkan, pemain akan berpindah ke semacam dunia virtual (sementara tubuhnya tetap berada di dunia nyata dalam kondisi, yah, tidak sadar). Yah, secara teknis begitulah kira-kira, maniak video game pasti paham apa yang saya maksud.

Jumat, 15 Oktober 2010

Daybreakers

TULISAN INI MUNGKIN MENGANDUNG SPOILER!
Oleh: Rio Johan (Rijon)Sutradara: Michael Spierig & Peter Spierig
Pemain: Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe, Claudia Karvan, Sam Neill, Michael Dorman, Isabel Lucas, Vince Colosimo, Robyn Moore

Tahun Rilis: 2010

Setelah sebelumnya kisah seputar vampir dibawa ke level “mimpi basah ABG” dalam Twilight Saga, kali cerita vampir dibawa ke level gore-futuristik oleh dua sutradara Australia. Seharusnya Daybreakers bisa jadi alternatif menyegarkan setelah sebelumnya cerita vampir dijejali kekonyolan, ketidakpentingan, dan ketidakjelasan ala film-film ABG. Pertanyaannya: “Kenapa nama hero di film gore ini harus Edward pula?”

Senin, 12 Juli 2010

The Clearing

TULISAN INI MUNGKIN MENGANDUNG SPOILER!
Oleh: Rio Johan (Rijon)
Sutradara: Pieter Jan Brugge
Pemainb:
Robert Redford, Helen Mirren, Willem Dafoe, Alessandro Nivola, Matt Craven, Melissa Sagemiller, Wendy Crewson, Larry Pine, Diana Scarwid

Tahun Rilis:
2004

WAYNE Hates (Robert Redford) dan istrinya Eileen (Helen Mirren) adalah contoh pasangan sempurna. Lebih dari berkecukupan. Punya dua anak dewasa. Dan yang terpenting, bahagia. Kedunya tinggal menanti masa tua yang tenang nan damai. Suatu pagi ketika Wayne hendak berangkat kerja, seorang pria (Willem Dafoe) yang sepertinya mengenali Wayne menghentikan mobilnya, masuk, lalu menodongkan pistol ke arah Wayne. Wayne diculik.