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The Search (2014)
Haven't seen a worse film in ages
I don't even know where to begin on how awful this film is. The anti-Russian black and white propaganda aside (no Russian person is depicted in any other way than as a junky, aggressive, delusional, blood-thirsty lunatic), the plot is so full of illogical behaviour of the characters; no deeper development of the characters is done despite the length which is a mere product of poor directing by a person who doesn't know when to say CUT, nor how to instruct the actors to give a little bit more flesh to the bone. What a waste of the funds and trust gained after the "Artist" (although I must admit, I didn't like it either, but it had at least some substance; it was too long as well, I might add). So unnecessarily long. What a mistake of a film. What an obvious and childish propaganda. I guess Hazanavicius was just extremely lucky with the "Artist". Here he showed what a dilettante he actually is. Shame.
Arsène Lupin (2004)
Boring to the bone!
For all that money invested in the film, it could have really included a lot more intriguing plot than a Satan-faced diva in perpetual search of her final goal which is... what actually? And all those endings, just when you're about to get up from the seat and leave the cinema with your face in agony thinking it's all over, no, your blissful sense of relief won't appear... not yet... the film over-culminates and looks like a huge wedding chocolate cake with fruits and jelly and cream and nuts, and caviar and oysters on top of it. In other words, too much, and completely without any purpose. If you want to watch beautiful pictures for more than two hours (btw, it feels like it lasts more than three), see the film at home, with some music on.
Jerusalem, min elskede (2003)
Very up-close and personal pilgrimage to Jerusalem.
Very up-close and personal pilgrimage to Jerusalem. The author's honesty is overwhelmingly moving. It makes your heart pound wildly, like you yourself are under some private confession or self-examination. The answer isn't in solving the problems. It's in asking the questions. God is our Father, no matter the religion. To our Father we go back. The film is about that journey, through several dimensions and levels. It's a therapeutic experience, a quest, a child's game with its identity, a constant search and scrutiny... The film is so tender and subtle that calling it a documentary is just a rough categorization, because it IS a true story after all, with no actors. It was made not to inform you, but to engage you. Jerusalem is what it should be. "The City of Messianic peace", as a character told. The peace that is never achieved, but always striven to. Just for a moment it's risen above wars, history, propaganda and global strategy, and yet, it's so aware and strong in the presence of all that. Jerusalem is chaos and crowd, heat and dust, drugs and violence, but it's also shadows of the desert and tight alleys, cold and pure water used in baptizing and ceremonial washing, it's milk and honey and the serenity of siestas. The film is basically so unpretentious and simple, but one can so truly feel the length and the intensity of the time spent in Israel, the depth of relationships with its citizens and the force of the will to excavate everything there is or could be within an apparently lost soul, or within the lost faith. Like a story writing itself. The biggest part of the author's achievement here is his heart. It's wide opened, like a radar pointed towards good voices, right questions and stories deserving to be heard. Thank you, Jeppe, for all that courage.
January 25th 2005, Belgrade