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!@#$%! · 09.22.2017, 08:19 AM

after many tv-only weeks finally had a chance to see a couple of movies recently:

MIKE LEIGH'S "ALL OR NOTHING" (2002)

most of this movie looks exactly as drab as that still above, and while at the beginning you may wonder what's wrong with your tv later you realize the asthetic of it favors realism over cinematographic gloss. it's almost like home video, but with more skillful camera work, for a portrayal of... social realism? or something. it's depressing as fuck for most of the 2 or so hours and makes you wonder why people have to be so miserable, but it's also highly watchable because of the interesting characters, and the little stories that develop between them, and how great the cast works together. i won't discuss the end here, but overall i liked the movie a lot.

"COCO CHANEL AND IGOR STRAVINSKY" (2009)

in many ways the opposite of the one above, this one relies on a lot of beauty shots and great looking sets and musical interludes and elegant sexy scenes to conceal the fact that there's very little story stretched over a lot of ground here.

rather than dramatically this works almost through allusion to once again refry the old myth of genius feeding off everyone else, but this time oh, it's two geniuses who devour each other (or something). but it doesn't look at it critically or really through characters, but more through imagery and sound, and overall feels like this was meant to be the audiovisual demonstration of something you were supposed to already know? it was not unwatchable, but it felt like a flop.

09.22.2017, 08:19 AM	#21552
!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,457	after many tv-only weeks finally had a chance to see a couple of movies recently: MIKE LEIGH'S "ALL OR NOTHING" (2002) most of this movie looks exactly as drab as that still above, and while at the beginning you may wonder what's wrong with your tv later you realize the asthetic of it favors realism over cinematographic gloss. it's almost like home video, but with more skillful camera work, for a portrayal of... social realism? or something. it's depressing as fuck for most of the 2 or so hours and makes you wonder why people have to be so miserable, but it's also highly watchable because of the interesting characters, and the little stories that develop between them, and how great the cast works together. i won't discuss the end here, but overall i liked the movie a lot. "COCO CHANEL AND IGOR STRAVINSKY" (2009) in many ways the opposite of the one above, this one relies on a lot of beauty shots and great looking sets and musical interludes and elegant sexy scenes to conceal the fact that there's very little story stretched over a lot of ground here. rather than dramatically this works almost through allusion to once again refry the old myth of genius feeding off everyone else, but this time oh, it's two geniuses who devour each other (or something). but it doesn't look at it critically or really through characters, but more through imagery and sound, and overall feels like this was meant to be the audiovisual demonstration of something you were supposed to already know? it was not unwatchable, but it felt like a flop.
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