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This was interesting. Interesting in that the scenery - locations, were amazing, first rate cinematography. And the costumes, the same, and acting of the little girl, the same.
Where it failed was in substance. Neither an adult nor a kids story, more a self-indulgent look at cinema and Hollywood through Hollywood's own childish eyes. A bit like "Babylon" - a great start that quickly fell off.
That said, if you can ignore the story the visuals are fantastic.
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This was an odd one and I'm not quite sure what prompted me. Starring a young Viggo Mortensen it tracks a young child who's come to believe his neighbour is a vampire.
In the vein of David Lynch, preposterous characters, affected dialogue (and acting), the big winner is the landscape and cinematography - set in 1950's rural Idaho but - in reality filmed in Crossfield outside Calgary. Absolutely stunning.
The rest, well, not so much.
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This was curious and I was surprised I missed it when it originally came out. The premise, the camera follows around the "hero" on various philosophical/intellectual ventures and encounters, and while I suspect it was originally filmed it's then run through various photoshop filters to give it a variety of animation styles that reflect the people he's talking with. So - in a way a "cartoon" with highbrow pretensions, but - despite the various animation styles the add to the premise of the film, not detract from it.
Good, not great.
Anyways, such a thing would probably never be done these days, a "director" would merely feed in a pile of prompts to his/her favourite AI and have such a thing generated, far less work...
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Fritz Lang, so a masterpiece of sorts, silent with music and subtitles.
Prize for the best chain-smoking wheelchair villain ever, and his hair. The inspiration behind "James Bond" - the spy-vs-counterspies, and Doctor Strangelove definitely mined a lot of their inspiration from this. As did the John Wick universe - everyone in this film is a spy. Lots of cute symbols - the 24 hour clock on the Villains desk (statecraft never rests); I could go on, not everyone's cup of tea but it's available on YouTube free - and ad free. Good luck finding anything else on YouTube that's 2 1/2 minutes ad free, let alone 2 1/2 hours.
Watch online free (YouTube) here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrV_oclAGes
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
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Since I've read everything by Bruce Chatwin and greatly admire Werner Herzog this was a natural.
It didn't disappoint.