Due to my erratic (to put it politely) updates, I’ve decided to go with an abridged review capsule format. Also, because I seemed to be handing out 9/10s to films like candy, I’ve changed my rating system to a 100 point scale. This method is a little more discerning, so bear with me if I gush over films that I give a mere 70 to. FYI, all new changes are blatantly ripped off from Mike D’Angelo’s much funnier site, The Man Who Viewed too Much, which you should probably be checking out right now instead.
The Aura: 58
Decent bookends and seductive atmosphere salvage this routine Argentinean heist thriller. Mostly harmless but the film’s motifs become increasingly obnoxious due to irrelavence; sorry, one eyed dogs, epilepsy, and taxidermy have nothing to do with existential dread.
Solaris: 85 (no, not the George Clooney/Soderbergh fiasco)
Yeah, really shouldn’t have made an adolescent viewing of the dauntingly Proustian Mirror my last judgment of Mr. Tarkovsky. Hope this is some sort of water mark for the rest of his films: masterfully unsettling camera work, cinematography that is eerily beautiful in its datedness. As psychological sci-fi goes, this is a surprisingly accessible and self consciously humane response to the sterile 2001: A Space Odyssey. I have sheepishly added Stalker and Ivan’s Childhood to my must-see list
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