Ein Kellner führt ein monotones Leben. Er wird bald eine Mätresse finden. Was er nicht weisst, ist das sein Leben eigentlich ein Roman ist. Alles wird von einem Schriftsteller geschaffen. Im Film kann man das Leben des Schriftstellers und des Kellners sehen. Es geht um eine Mischung von beiden Geschichten. Manchmal kommt der Kellner zum Schiftstellers Zuhause, und beschwert sich darüber, das sein Leben schwer ist. Eine originale und unterhaltsame Geschichte.
23 June 2008
Waiter (Niederlande, 2007)
Ein Kellner führt ein monotones Leben. Er wird bald eine Mätresse finden. Was er nicht weisst, ist das sein Leben eigentlich ein Roman ist. Alles wird von einem Schriftsteller geschaffen. Im Film kann man das Leben des Schriftstellers und des Kellners sehen. Es geht um eine Mischung von beiden Geschichten. Manchmal kommt der Kellner zum Schiftstellers Zuhause, und beschwert sich darüber, das sein Leben schwer ist. Eine originale und unterhaltsame Geschichte.
Ein Kellner führt ein monotones Leben. Er wird bald eine Mätresse finden. Was er nicht weisst, ist das sein Leben eigentlich ein Roman ist. Alles wird von einem Schriftsteller geschaffen. Im Film kann man das Leben des Schriftstellers und des Kellners sehen. Es geht um eine Mischung von beiden Geschichten. Manchmal kommt der Kellner zum Schiftstellers Zuhause, und beschwert sich darüber, das sein Leben schwer ist. Eine originale und unterhaltsame Geschichte.
Into the Wild (2007, USA)
Ein junger Mann entschliesst sich eines Tages, seine Familie und seine früheres Leben zu verlassen. Er hat genug davon, ein voll strukturiertes Leben zu führen. Er bevorzugt die Freiheit, und in der Natur zu wohnen. Seine Entschlossenheit hat leider katastrophale Konsequenzen. Ein sehr gelungener Film von Sean Penn.
Ein junger Mann entschliesst sich eines Tages, seine Familie und seine früheres Leben zu verlassen. Er hat genug davon, ein voll strukturiertes Leben zu führen. Er bevorzugt die Freiheit, und in der Natur zu wohnen. Seine Entschlossenheit hat leider katastrophale Konsequenzen. Ein sehr gelungener Film von Sean Penn.
The Orphanage (El Orfanato, Spanien, 2007)
Eine Familie kauft ein grosses Haus, das früher als Weishaus diente. Natürlich kommen die Geiste heraus. Das Kind der Eltern geht verloren, und die Suche gibt zum Schluss kein Ergebnis. Die Mutter aber besteht darauf, alleine ihr Kind zu suchen. Dafür muss sich mit den Geisten kämpfen.
Eine Familie kauft ein grosses Haus, das früher als Weishaus diente. Natürlich kommen die Geiste heraus. Das Kind der Eltern geht verloren, und die Suche gibt zum Schluss kein Ergebnis. Die Mutter aber besteht darauf, alleine ihr Kind zu suchen. Dafür muss sich mit den Geisten kämpfen.
Lars and the Real Girl (2007, USA)
Lars, ein schüchterner Mann, der seit langem allein wohnt, kauft eines Tages eine Puppe aus Plastik. Er nennt sie Bianca. Er ist davon überzeugt, dass sie seine Freundin ist. Die Einwohner des Dorfes, in dem Lars lebt, unterstützen ihn. Es geht eigentlich um einen psychologischen Vorgang. Als Bianca plötzlich krank wird, es erfolgt ein Drama, das interessant zu sehen ist.
Lars, ein schüchterner Mann, der seit langem allein wohnt, kauft eines Tages eine Puppe aus Plastik. Er nennt sie Bianca. Er ist davon überzeugt, dass sie seine Freundin ist. Die Einwohner des Dorfes, in dem Lars lebt, unterstützen ihn. Es geht eigentlich um einen psychologischen Vorgang. Als Bianca plötzlich krank wird, es erfolgt ein Drama, das interessant zu sehen ist.
12 June 2008
On The Other Side Auf der Anderen Seite (Deutschland, 2006) ☆☆☆☆☆
Die Geschichte einer türkischen Familie, deren Sohn in Deutschland als Professor von Germanistik arbeitet. Der Vater tötet seine neue Frau und geht ins Knast. Die Tochter dieser Frau wurde nach Deutschland geschickt, um in einer Rebellengruppe, die politische Hintergründe hat, zu arbeiten.
Die Geschichte einer türkischen Familie, deren Sohn in Deutschland als Professor von Germanistik arbeitet. Der Vater tötet seine neue Frau und geht ins Knast. Die Tochter dieser Frau wurde nach Deutschland geschickt, um in einer Rebellengruppe, die politische Hintergründe hat, zu arbeiten.
La Neuvaine (Kanada, 2006) ☆☆☆
Eine Frau, die als Krankenschwester vom Beruf ist, versucht, sich das Leben zu nehmen, weil sie etwas Erschrokenes erlebt hat. Einer ihrer Patientin wurde von ihrem Mann brutal getötet. Zugleich handelt der Film von einem Jungen, der jeden Tag in die Kirche geht, weil seine Grossmutter schwer krank ist. Der Junge und die Krankenschwester werden sich zufällig treffen, und eine freundliche Beziehung entsteht.
Eine Frau, die als Krankenschwester vom Beruf ist, versucht, sich das Leben zu nehmen, weil sie etwas Erschrokenes erlebt hat. Einer ihrer Patientin wurde von ihrem Mann brutal getötet. Zugleich handelt der Film von einem Jungen, der jeden Tag in die Kirche geht, weil seine Grossmutter schwer krank ist. Der Junge und die Krankenschwester werden sich zufällig treffen, und eine freundliche Beziehung entsteht.
29 May 2008
My Blueberry Nights (USA, 2007)☆☆☆☆
Director Wong Kar Wai (In the Mood for Love, 2046) brings a story about love and loneliness. Borrowing several themes from his previous films, the movie tells the story of a woman, who after having broken up with his boyfriend, decides to start all over again. Along the way she meets interesting and lonely people, and at the end she finds a person who had always been waiting for her. This is Kar Wai's first venture into the USA, working with English-speaking actors. The result is an entertaining and touching film, and by the way the soundtrack is amazing.
Director Wong Kar Wai (In the Mood for Love, 2046) brings a story about love and loneliness. Borrowing several themes from his previous films, the movie tells the story of a woman, who after having broken up with his boyfriend, decides to start all over again. Along the way she meets interesting and lonely people, and at the end she finds a person who had always been waiting for her. This is Kar Wai's first venture into the USA, working with English-speaking actors. The result is an entertaining and touching film, and by the way the soundtrack is amazing.
Awake (USA, 2005) ☆☆☆
Jessica Alba and Canadian actor Hayden Christensen star in this thriller, where Jessica plays the role of an evil young wife who plots against her husband to get all his money. In need of an urgent heart transplant, Jessica sets the scene to have an unsuccessful operation, whereby she will inherit after her husband's death. Little does she nor the doctors know that the husband (Christensen) has not been completely anesthesized, he can hear and feel everything! Apparently these are rare cases in medicine, but it has actually happened in real life. Of couse he takes care of business once the operation is over.
Jessica Alba and Canadian actor Hayden Christensen star in this thriller, where Jessica plays the role of an evil young wife who plots against her husband to get all his money. In need of an urgent heart transplant, Jessica sets the scene to have an unsuccessful operation, whereby she will inherit after her husband's death. Little does she nor the doctors know that the husband (Christensen) has not been completely anesthesized, he can hear and feel everything! Apparently these are rare cases in medicine, but it has actually happened in real life. Of couse he takes care of business once the operation is over.
07 May 2008
The Living and the Dead (UK, 2007)☆☆☆☆☆
Independent director Simon Rumley brings to the screen the story of a small noble family with financial difficulties. The Longleigh House where they reside must be sold since they are out of money. With a young schizophrenic son and a bedridden mother, his father decides to leave them for a couple of days. This is where the descent into hell begins. The son starts to skip on his daily medication and in an attempt to take care of his mother, starts doing everything wrong. The nurse who was supposed to show up is not allowed inside the mansion, since the son locks every possible entrance. When police and ambulance finally show up, the destructive impulses of the son have done their work. Following the style of Requiem for a Dream, the audience is subjected to the horrific schizophrenic visions of the son, and the tragic ending is disturbing enough to keep you awake for awhile. An excellent shocker from the UK.
Independent director Simon Rumley brings to the screen the story of a small noble family with financial difficulties. The Longleigh House where they reside must be sold since they are out of money. With a young schizophrenic son and a bedridden mother, his father decides to leave them for a couple of days. This is where the descent into hell begins. The son starts to skip on his daily medication and in an attempt to take care of his mother, starts doing everything wrong. The nurse who was supposed to show up is not allowed inside the mansion, since the son locks every possible entrance. When police and ambulance finally show up, the destructive impulses of the son have done their work. Following the style of Requiem for a Dream, the audience is subjected to the horrific schizophrenic visions of the son, and the tragic ending is disturbing enough to keep you awake for awhile. An excellent shocker from the UK.
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Le Scaphandre et le Papillon) France, 2007 ☆☆☆☆
The true story of Jean-Dominique Beauby, former Elle editor in Paris, who suffers from a stroke which leaves him completely paralyzed, except for his left eye. He is however able to write a book about his experience from which the movie is based. A really sad movie but superbly executed.
The true story of Jean-Dominique Beauby, former Elle editor in Paris, who suffers from a stroke which leaves him completely paralyzed, except for his left eye. He is however able to write a book about his experience from which the movie is based. A really sad movie but superbly executed.
05 May 2008
Interview (The Netherlands, 2003) ☆☆☆
Dutch Director Theo Van Gogh (who was murdered in 2004) was very controversial throughout his career. With the Interview, we find ourselves in Katja Schuurman's appartment, a real-life famous Dutch TV star who is being interviewed by a political journalist. They both begin an intimate conversation that ends up in confessions, mixed with drugs and alcohol of course. The most interesting part is perhaps the ending, where Katja has a unique chance to get back at all the journalists who have written lies about her.
Dutch Director Theo Van Gogh (who was murdered in 2004) was very controversial throughout his career. With the Interview, we find ourselves in Katja Schuurman's appartment, a real-life famous Dutch TV star who is being interviewed by a political journalist. They both begin an intimate conversation that ends up in confessions, mixed with drugs and alcohol of course. The most interesting part is perhaps the ending, where Katja has a unique chance to get back at all the journalists who have written lies about her.
03 May 2008
Gone With the Woman (Tatt av Kvinnen, Norway, 2007)
The story of a man, named He, he does not even have a name in the story. His daily life is interrupted by the acquaintance of a woman. She enters his life and transforms it completely, for the good. This movie represented Norway in the last Academy Awards ceremony in the Best Foreign Film category. More info from the Norwegian Film Institute
28 April 2008
15 April 2008
Crossing the Line (USA, 2007) ☆☆☆☆
This pictures was taken by the North Korean government back in the 50s in an attempt to entice US soldiers to abandon their posts and desert to North Korea, where women, food and a happy life were promised to them. It sounds implausible, but it did happen. In the picture we see four US soldiers who actually decided to cross the line into Communist North Korea back in those years. Instead of being tortured or murdered, they became citizens a couple of years afterwards. Additionally, they became huge movie stars in that country, playing the roles in propaganda films where they would play of the "evil" Americans who want to destroy North Korean society. In Daniel Gordon's new documentary, we learn about James Dresnok, one of the four soldiers who one day simply walked away and cross the border into Pyongyang, and is still living there. Truly amazing documentary.
This pictures was taken by the North Korean government back in the 50s in an attempt to entice US soldiers to abandon their posts and desert to North Korea, where women, food and a happy life were promised to them. It sounds implausible, but it did happen. In the picture we see four US soldiers who actually decided to cross the line into Communist North Korea back in those years. Instead of being tortured or murdered, they became citizens a couple of years afterwards. Additionally, they became huge movie stars in that country, playing the roles in propaganda films where they would play of the "evil" Americans who want to destroy North Korean society. In Daniel Gordon's new documentary, we learn about James Dresnok, one of the four soldiers who one day simply walked away and cross the border into Pyongyang, and is still living there. Truly amazing documentary.
The Mist (USA, 2007) ☆☆☆☆
Bad weather sets in in a small US coast town. Mist is all around and people are strangely getting killed by something or someone. We follow the story of a group of people (around 300) trapped in a supermarket. Suspense builds in really good, and although we see a blob-like tentacle monster at the beginning, the real creature is hidden until the very end. As soon as night falls, the mutant monsters start breaking into the glass doors of the supermarket and chaos ensues. As the movie progresses, there seems to be little hope for survival. There is sufficient gore scenes, just as director Frank Darabont likes it. All in all, a scary and entertaining film.
Bad weather sets in in a small US coast town. Mist is all around and people are strangely getting killed by something or someone. We follow the story of a group of people (around 300) trapped in a supermarket. Suspense builds in really good, and although we see a blob-like tentacle monster at the beginning, the real creature is hidden until the very end. As soon as night falls, the mutant monsters start breaking into the glass doors of the supermarket and chaos ensues. As the movie progresses, there seems to be little hope for survival. There is sufficient gore scenes, just as director Frank Darabont likes it. All in all, a scary and entertaining film.
10 April 2008
Borderline (Canada, 2007) ☆☆☆☆
A biographical story adapted to the big screen is what Borderline offers its audience. Director Lyne Charlebois has based the movie in two novels from Montréal writer Marie-Sissi Labrèche, where she tells the story of her troubled years. The plot revolves around Kiki, and 20 year-old aspiring writer who is, by the way, a blackout drunk and sex addict. Kiki must also take care of her elderly grandmother. We soon learn that many of Kiki's problems stem from her mother's behavior, who by now is in a psychiatric hospital. Coping with her troubled family and her love affair with a university professor make her life even more difficult. The movie jumps from past to present and blends characters from Kiki's youth into her everyday life. Actress Isabelle Blais gives an extraordinary performance and makes audiences feel sympathetic to her suffering.
08 April 2008
Inspiration for "Last Year in Marienbad"
After doing some research, I found out the real inspiration for Alain Resnais' film "Last Year in Marienbad". It is interesting to see how an idea from a novel inspires someone to shoot a length feature. The script for this film was based loosely on a novel titled "The Invention of Morel" written by Argentinian writer Adolfo Bioy Casares in 1940. Casares was a contemporary and friend of Jorge Luis Borges, another Argentinian, considered to be one of the most famous Latin American writers of the 20th century.
In the novel, the main character, a runaway, hides in a mysterious island that is filled with strangely dressed people who, according to the novel "'dance, stroll up and down, and swim in the pool.. as though they were in a resort like Los Teques or Marienbad." I believe this simple sentence gave way to the main theme in the film, where ghost-like and nameless characters stroll around the different gardens and hallways of the castle, as if they were playing in front of a theatre audience.
After doing some research, I found out the real inspiration for Alain Resnais' film "Last Year in Marienbad". It is interesting to see how an idea from a novel inspires someone to shoot a length feature. The script for this film was based loosely on a novel titled "The Invention of Morel" written by Argentinian writer Adolfo Bioy Casares in 1940. Casares was a contemporary and friend of Jorge Luis Borges, another Argentinian, considered to be one of the most famous Latin American writers of the 20th century. 
In the novel, the main character, a runaway, hides in a mysterious island that is filled with strangely dressed people who, according to the novel "'dance, stroll up and down, and swim in the pool.. as though they were in a resort like Los Teques or Marienbad." I believe this simple sentence gave way to the main theme in the film, where ghost-like and nameless characters stroll around the different gardens and hallways of the castle, as if they were playing in front of a theatre audience.
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