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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Senin, 18 Oktober 2010

Ever After

TULISAN INI MUNGKIN MENGANDUNG SPOILER!
Oleh: Rio Johan (Rijon)Sutradara: Andy Tennant
Pemain: Drew Barrymore, Anjelica Huston, Dougray Scott, Megan Dodds, Melanie Lynskey

Tahun Rilis: 1998

Dibuka dengan adegan seorang wanita tua sedang berbincang-bincang dengan The Brothers Grimm, menawarkan cerita sebenarnya dari “the little cinder girl” (karya Grimm Brothers) yang menurutnya merupakan kisah nyata. Lukisan asli “the little cinder girl,” yang pada kenyataannya adalah lukisan-daur-ulang dari La Scapigliata karya Leonardo Da Vinci. Pembukaan tersebut mengidentifikasikan dua hal: (1) Ever After adalah sebuah historical fiction, dan (2) Ever After merupakan versi rombakkan dari Cinderella.
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Rabu, 13 Oktober 2010

Never Been Kissed

TULISAN INI MUNGKIN MENGANDUNG SPOILER!
Oleh: Rio Johan (Rijon)Sutradara: Raja Gosnell
Pemain: Drew Barrymore, Jeremy Jordan, Michael Vartan, David Arquette, Molly Shannon, Marley Shelton, John C. Reilly, Garry Marshall, Leelee Sobieski, Jessica Alba, James Franco

Tahun Rilis: 1999

Kalau dilihat dari cerita yang disuguhkan, Never Been Kissed tidak ada bedanya dengan komedi-komedi remaja ala 90-an. Film ini dibintangi Drew Barrymore sebagai seorang wartawan yang menyamar sebagai siswa di sebuah SMA (high school) demi mendapatkan berita. Jangan terlalu berharap sebuah gambaran riil ataupun detil dari kehidupan jurnalistik, film ini lebih mirip sebuah komedi sekolahan tahun 90-an. Bukankah sudah kelihatan dari poster dan judulnya, kan?
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Rabu, 26 Mei 2010

E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial

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

Sutradara: Steven Spielberg
Pemain: Henry Thomas, Dee Wallace, Robert MacNaughton, Drew Barrymore, Peter Coyote

Tahun Rilis: 1982

APALAGI yang mau saya katakan tentang film ini? Dari sekian banyak film sci-fi (science fiction) yang sudah saya tonton, film ini masuk tiga besar teratas film sci-fi yang paling saya suka (film sci-fi yang lainnya antara lain: “2001: A Space Odyssey” (1968) garapan Stanley Kubrick dan “Metropolis” garapan Fritz Lang yang menempati posis paling puncak). Berbeda dengan “2001: A Space Odyssey” yang terkenal dengan kekuatan “scientific-realism”-nya atau dengan “Metropolis” yang sangat-sangat ekspresionis, film ini jauh lebih ringan daripada dua judul itu. Mungkin lebih tepatnya, film ini lebih scientific magical: semacam campuran nuansa sci-fi dengan bau-bau fairy tale.
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