Letterboxd — Your life in film

No words...or rather, too many. Just, wow.

Soundtrack is only good thing

As if lacan gave birth to it!

:,)

second watch— much more romantic than i remembered

Ideologically flawed to annoying extent, otherwise beautiful and exciting.

Cool history. There’s something about this that’s untouchable— unafraid to be still.

Greek humor is unbeatable— Tsangari is my favorite director right now. This felt effortless and real.

Cray cray! Main character was a drag though. What gives this film its strength is clearly Williams’ writing. Though the actors are infamously strong, they’re more of slates or empty molds, not auteurs in and of themselves— that wasn’t really a thing in the era, but I wish they had more life. Some of the acting feels more suited to theatre, but maybe I’m just saying that because it’s in black and white.

Not as gripping as Lanthimos’ other works— characters feel unresolved.

Like reading Mayakovsky! A potent tincture against capitalism. :)
Perfectly cast, well shot, and very exciting to watch. One critique would be that sometimes, its efforts to subvert feel too extreme, almost forced, and result in the unexplainable (the kind that builds an unproductive frustration in the viewer, rather than a creative spark).