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And having finished watching it, and somewhat (not entirely) puzzled, thoughtful, musing, brilliant imagery, people, dialogue, metaphor, it's rather polarized the critics. If you liked any of Paul Kaufman's other works I'd recommend it, otherwise you might just be taking your chances...
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIizh6nYnTU
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synecdoche,_New_York
Meta-Analysis (Whatever your opinions, it's clear he put an awful lot into it. Watch this after you watch the movie): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjqYpsuBrPU
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I was surprised to discover this - I haven't seen it. Given I loved Being John Malkovitch, and appreciated Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Adaptation, this will have to be remedied - probably this evening.
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The whole movie is actually posted online.
But this comes as a preparation for Anomalisa, coming out this December...
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Which proves that I'm clearly getting older, as this has me far, far more excited than the new Star Wars. It's been a while since I've so looked forward to a movie...
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I'd forgotten them, or remembered them, but the old them, the genius Street of Crocodiles, they're still at work and it would appear I've some catching up to do...
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Corrosive dreams and nightmares for your viewing pleasure...
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"The Limit of Love is that you need an accomplice..."
On the list of forbidden films, and having watched it I can see why. A dark parable foreshadowing the rise of the EU, with De Sade as some sort of Nostradamus, while far worse can be be found onilne (but really, who's going searching? I don't want to know) - the film does a fine job of tying in the various misdeeds of the fascists with the writings of De Sade; disturbing, occasionally brilliant, with Aldo Valletti's eerie portrayal of the president, a good film, a great film even, speaking of the links between power and the countless ways to pervert and abuse it; but there are things you can't recommend, this is one of them, dark, dark, dark, and few will understand it ...
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I'm not making this up. After a 4 or 5 minute introduction designed to make us "feel" for the protagonist, a trio of evil Russian gangsters (is that a tautology?) make the mistake of stealing his car and killing his dog.
At which point he sets about on a homicidal killing spree that only ends with complete extirpation of the Russian Mafia.
A curious, alternate universe, in which hired assassins all have a secret underground world involving hotels, nightclubs, and the payment for everything in gold Krugerrand's, stylish and silly, but really, what can I say about a movie that justifies a 50 odd person killing spree with a line like "You stole my car and you killed my dog...", and ends a line like: "No more guns, no more bullets" during a hand to hand battle that involves the villain pulling a switchblade?
John Wick, the new and improved spokesperson for the SPCA.