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Dillinger E Morto (1969)
arthouse cinematic gem from the experimental late ‘60s. deliberately puzzling and idiosyncratic as hell. pretty much devoid of any clear-cut reasoning yet somehow familiar. oddly familiar. a political memo focused on a gas-mask designer and his late afternoon. and that equals domestic bliss at its most absurd and surreal level. you shouldn’t blame yourself for…
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Next Floor (2008) (short)
“during an opulent and luxurious banquet, complete with hordes of servers and valets, eleven pampered guests participate in what appears to be a ritualistic gastronomic carnage. in this absurd and grotesque universe, an unexpected sequence of events destabilizes the endless symphony of abundance.” (anonymous imdb review)
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Shield of Straw (Wara no Tate, 2013, Takashi Miike)
I still think Takashi Miike is able to outmaneuver every stylistic cookbook of any kind of genre, new or old, Western or Eastern, if such rules apply indeed anymore. Shield of Straw is both a wink at Tony Scott (Hunger, Domino), as well as samurai and yakuza flicks. Shield of Straw has both melodrama to…
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MADEO (마더 2009 Bong Joon-ho)
Really had to push for another Bong Joon-ho movie. Some reviewers said that for this Korean director it’s really impossible to make any bad movies. Well with Memories of Murder (2003) He somehow single handedly reinvented the slasher genre. Apart from Italian director Pupi Avati(Casa con le finestre che ridono), probably nobody placed a serial…
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Snowpiercer (Bong Joon-ho 2013) train arcology
“Le problème s’énonce : un wagon est une maison de vingt mètres de long, le train est un village. ” Le Corbusier about train architects Snowpiercer French trailer It’s the first time I am trying to write a review about a movie that I haven’t seen yet, only available to me through featurettes, trailers and…