domingo, 23 de março de 2014

Quick Reviews: A Short Film About Killing (Krótki film o zabijaniu) - Krzysztof Kieslowski [1988]


Powerful analysis of the construction of a murder and its consequences for the person responsible for the crime and the social and political system in which he operates. Krzysztof Kieslowski disturbs the viewer and manipulates our conscience: would we end up siding with the supposed "villain"? A seemingly simple great film, that encourage several interpretations and raise many issues for reflection and discussion.

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sábado, 15 de março de 2014

Quick Reviews: The Last Picture Show - Peter Bogdanovich [1971]


Love stories, the memory and the decline of Cinema, the growing importance of television and a group of lives that intersect and collide. This is The Last Picture Show, first hit film of Peter Bogdanovich. More than a tribute to the cinema, is an invocation in honor of spectators, more or less moviegoers, who made popular the art and made ​​it part of their lives. What a great movie.

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