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Eternal
Sunshine of the Spotless Mind: A bittersweet
romantic comedy/SF thriller taking place inside the protagonist’s
brain where memories of love are crumbling and vanishing
even as he tries desperately to reclaim them. |
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Dawn
of the Dead: An enjoyable piece of work in
its own right, although it would take a director of considerably
more genius to do justice to the source material. |
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Friday
Night : Both witty and tremendously evocative
of those nights in a big city when everything is out of
whack and maybe even a little magical.
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Torque:
Nothing more profound than a succession of
ever-more abstract moving images invoking impossible sensations
of speed.
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Press
Clips (Updated 01/20/04)
Director Lars Von Trier on "filmic"
films:
At the beginning of my career, I made very "filmic"
films. The problem is that now, it has become too easy - all you
have to do is buy a computer and you have filmic. You have armies
rampaging over mountains, you have dragons. You just push a button.
I think it was okay to be filmic when, for instance, Kubrick had
to wait two months for the light on the mountain behind Barry
Lyndon when he was riding towards us. I think that was great.
But if you only have to wait two seconds and then some kid with
a computer fills it in... It's another art form, I'm sure, but
I'm not interested.
From Lion's Gate's press
notes for Dogville
Member, Cinemarati and Online Film Critics Society
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