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, 22 Juni 2010

Isadora

TULISAN INI MUNGKIN MENGANDUNG SPOILER!
Oleh: Rio Johan (Rijon)
Sutradara: Karel Reisz
Pemain:
Vanessa Redgrave, James Fox, Jason Robards, Ivan Tchenko, John Fraser

Tahun Rilis: 1968

Film ini merupakan adaptasi dari buku autobiografi Isadora Duncan berjudul “My Life” dan buku “Intimate Portrait” karya Sewekll Stokes.

My first study of movement of the dance came from the rhythm of the waves . And my first understanding of music from the sighing of the winds in the giant redwoods. For I was born by the sea. And all the great events of my life have taken place by the sea. I was born under the star of Aphrodite, Goddess of love.
-Isadora Duncan-

ISADORA Duncan adalah salah satu nama yang cukup terkenal dalam dunia tari-menari. Beliau adalah pendobrak era modern dunia seni tari. Isadora Duncan adalah wanita dengan cita rasa seni tinggi, khususnya dalam dunia tari-menari. Selain itu, Isadora Duncan juga dikenal sebagai wanita yang sensasional. Hasrat seksual dan teriakannya terhadap kebebabasan personal dan ekspresional telah mengejutkan mereka-mereka yang berpikiran sempit di masanya. Kepekaan seninya, foto-foto telanjangnya, pertunjukkan tari telanjangnya, hingga jajaran nama-nama terkenal yang pernah menjalin cinta dengannya, semua itu membuat Isadora Duncan menjadi sosok yang historikal, artistikal, sensasional, dan fenomenal secara bersamaan.

“Isadora” adalah sebuah film biopic tentang sosok wanita yang telah berjasa dalam dunia tari tersebut. Vanessa Redgrave, aktris Inggris (yang di film ini masih muda, juga bermain di “Atonement”), memikul beban sebagai Isadora Duncan di film ini. “Isadora” adalah salah satu film yang cukup terkenal pada masanya. Namun tak lama setelah rilis, entah kenapa film ini hilang dari peredaran. Saya pun cukup kesulitan menemukan film “Isadora” ini.