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Free your mind
from Umeå (Sweden) on 2006-05-13 17:01 [#01898187]
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WoW I just saw that movie, walking home feelt like I was stoned, man that was a great movie! As someone wrote about the movie:
This film was everything I had hoped for and infinite volumes more. Writer/Director Terrence Malik simply refuses to see film-making as anything short of an art form and handles his brushes (not to mention every frame) with the tender care and command of an artistic master.
The warnings are true... if you're looking for standard Hollywood fare, then run away. However, if you were trying hard to remember what film-making is supposed to be about, then this film is an absolute MUST SEE. While it is not forcefully spiritual in its aural narrative, I found this film to be a deeply religious experience in ways that words fail to express.
True to form, Malik affords the world of this film as much character as the humans themselves possess. Long stretches of nothing but ambient, nat sounds. Stunning snapshots of the peripheral influences to each scene (i.e. blowing grass, running streams, towering trees). Even an ending title sequence that lives beyond the narrative... breathing the last breaths of a tale that has managed to regularly transcends words.
Sharp. Detailed. Purposeful. Bold. Brilliant.
I TOTALY AGREE! YOU GUYS HAVE TO SEE THIS ONE!!!
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r40f
from qrters tea party on 2006-05-13 17:08 [#01898190]
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Sharp. Detailed. Purposeful. Bold. Brilliant. Free your Mind.
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Mr Brazil
from Oh Joan, I love you so... on 2006-05-13 17:20 [#01898199]
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Yup. I was lucky to see this at a theatre near by which occasionally shows "art" movies. I agree that it's not "forcefully spiritual", if it were I'd had walked out. I can't stand metaphysical mumbo-jumbo. Although this "if you were trying hard to remember what film-making is supposed to be about" is just plain stupid.
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DeadEight
from vancouver (Canada) on 2006-05-14 03:24 [#01898399]
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yeah it was wikkid.
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pantalaimon
from Winterfell (United Kingdom) on 2006-05-14 03:24 [#01898400]
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Yeah this film was amazing, one of the best film's i've seen at the cinema in recent years, will definitely get it on dvd when it comes out. Anyone know about a supposed directors cut?
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QRDL
from Poland on 2006-05-14 04:06 [#01898407]
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Sounds like a proper review of Russian Ark to me. I'll check out this one.
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goDel
from ɐpʎǝx (Seychelles) on 2006-05-14 04:19 [#01898413]
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i've read that the initial cut was much longer, with more focus on the 'poetic shots'. after the first previews it was decided to cut some out. i thought that version was around 30 or 45 mins longer, not sure.
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Free your mind
from Umeå (Sweden) on 2006-05-14 04:20 [#01898414]
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Do so QRDL you will like it :)
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QRDL
from Poland on 2006-05-14 04:27 [#01898418]
Points: 2838 Status: Lurker | Followup to Free your mind: #01898414
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I will. Pity I won't be able to watch in cinema, it stopped playing some time ago here.
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