Snowpiercer 2013 // South Korea, Czech // Bong Joon-ho Letterboxd (LINK) One could simply enjoy SNOWPIERCER as a Sci-Fi action film built around a high concept of a non-stopped train running in the midst of a post-apocalyptic frozen world, or one can further read it as a symbolism of a revolution against hierarchy and totalitarianism,… Continue reading Snowpiercer (Bong Joon-ho, 2013)
Paprika パプリカ 2006 // Japan // Satoshi Kon 今敏 Letterboxd (LINK) PAPRIKA was Satoshi Kon’s last feature film made before his untimely death in 2010 at the age of 46. He had made 4 main animated features only, yet they are all masterpiece in my opinion, and MILLENNIUM ACTRESS (2002) is one of my all-time… Continue reading Paprika パプリカ (Satoshi Kon 今敏, 2006)
Alien 1979 // USA // Ridley Scott Letterboxd (LINK) Instead of writing a long passage analyzing the film from psychological, sexual, metaphysical(?) perspective, I only wish to express my feeling here as concise as possible. ALIEN scares the shit out of me. It has been my childhood nightmare ever since I have watched ALIENS,… Continue reading Alien (Ridley Scott, 1979)
Ikarie XB 1 1963 // Czech // Jindřich Polák Letterboxd (LINK) IKARIE XB 1 is, on one hand, extremely dated technical-wise, yet on the other hand the production design and the ‘encounters’ in the midst of an interstellar voyage are remarkably futuristic. It taps into the human psyche on top of the foundation of ‘science… Continue reading Ikarie XB 1 (Jindřich Polák, 1963)
2001: A Space Odyssey 1968 // UK, USA // Stanley Kubrick Criterion Collection (Laserdisc Only) Letterboxd (LINK) What more could I say on 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY? Frankly I have no idea. It has been discussed, dissected, analysed, and interpreted over and over with divergent arguments across the 50 years span since it was released in… Continue reading 2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick, 1968)
#304 The Man Who Fell to Earth 1976 // UK // Nicolas Roeg Criterion Collection (LINK) It’s really tempting for me to suggest THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH (referred as TMWFTE below) would be partially forgotten, or at most received averagely amid Nicolas Roeg’s filmography, if the leading role of a human-looking alien, named Thomas Jerome Newton, had not… Continue reading #304 The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)
Blade Runner 2049 (Denis Villeneuve, 2017) – Letterboxd I absolutely love the 1982 Blade Runner (the final cut version) and I’m completely satisfied with what the filmmakers bring, both new and nostalgic, to the sequel; 2049 definitely lives up to the reputation of its predecessor, it imbues the right atmosphere, oppressed, decadent and grimy; The… Continue reading 6/10/2017 (Blade Runner 2049)
#888 Stalker 1979 // Soviet Union // Andrei Tarkovsky Criterion Collection (LINK) Wandering in the Zone It’s weird to say I absolutely love Stalker (I would say it’s one of my top 10 favorite films of all time) even it’s utterly beyond my logical comprehension. I have watched Stalker three times, each time my confusion grows and thickens… Continue reading #888 Stalker (1979)
#820 Fantastic Planet 1973 // France, Czechoslovakia // René Laloux Criterion Release Date: 21 Jun 2016 (LINK) In a distant planet called Ygam, humans (a.k.a. Oms) are treated as either domestic pets (tamed Oms) or pests by the blue-skinned fin-ears giants Draags. A slaved child grows up to become part of a rebellion and save his… Continue reading #820 Fantastic Planet (1973)
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