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11'09''01
- SEPTEMBER 11
(Various Directors, 2002, Various
Countries)
Recommended Shorts: France,
Mexico, UK and USA. |
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| 21
GRAMS
(Alejandro Gonzalez Iñarritu,
2003, USA) |
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Even
though it has a gimmicky editing and the story
is not as deep and important as the director
thinks it is, 21 grams is really captivating
and absorbing. It is a movie that never lets
you breath and never loses its interest. |
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DAYS LATER
(Danny Boyle, 2002, UK) |
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| AMEN.
(Costa-Gavras,
2002, France, Germany) |
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What
could have been an interesting article, Costa-Gavras
made it two hours long. Amen. is like
a high school class: it is important and useful
but if the teacher doesn't have the power
of communication and make the class uninteresting,
you won't learn and care a thing. |
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| ANYTHING
ELSE
(Woddy Allen, 2003, USA) |
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| L'AUBERGE
ESPAGNOLE
(Cedric Klapisch, 2002, France) |
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It
has an interesting premise with lots of characters
and different cultures but the movie just
focuses on the most boring one, making Auberge
Espagnole a disappointment. |
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| THE
BARBARIAN INVASIONS
(Denys Arcand, 2003, Canada) |
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As
cruel as Stepmom and Sweet November
but this time with intellectual dialogues.
The problem is that Denys Arcand's screeplay
doesn't say anything new, anything that I
haven't heard, read or watched before. |
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| BEND
IT LIKE BECKHAM
(Denys Arcand, 2002, UK) |
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A
movie that repeats itself, at least, three
times: the girls wants to do something, her
parents forbid her, she lies, she gets discovered,
then she lies again, and she gets discovered
again. I prefer Billy Elliot and Monsoon
Wedding, two movies that deal with similar
subjects and in separate ways. |
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| BIG
FISH
(Tim Burton, 2003, USA) |
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While
lots of critics say that Tim Burton's latest
film is a disappointment because it's more
sappy than dark, I still think that Big
Fish is a decent movie. Emotive, lovable
and magical. |
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| CABIN
FEVER
(Eli Roth, 2003, USA) |
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CALENDAR
GIRLS
(Nigel Cole, 2003, UK)
A pleasant harmless movie that
starts losing its interest when these nice ladies
become famous. |
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| CAPTURING
THE FRIEDMANS
(Andrew Jarecki, 2003, USA) |
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| CITY
OF GOD
(Fernando Meirelles, Katia Lund,
2002, Brazil) |
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A
thrilling ride that never stops and never
bores. A movie that proves that entertainment
and social criticism can work along perfectly. |
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| COLD
MOUNTAIN
(Anthony Minghella, 2003, USA) |
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| THE
COMPANY
(Robert Altman, 2003, USA) |
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| CONFIDENCE
(James
Foley, 2003, USA) |
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| DIRTY
PRETTY THINGS
(Stephen Frears, 2002, UK) |
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It combines romance, thriller, a little bit
of comedy and a social criticism all together
in a perfect way. Mixing genres is really
hard and the results can be very ridiculous
(look at 15 minutes, for example)
but Dirty Pretty Things is an excellent
and unusual combination. It also has a perfect
and adequate cinematography accompanied by
a suitable art direction, an intriguing music
score and an excellent cast of characters. |
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| DOWN
WITH LOVE
(Peyton Reed, 2003, USA) |
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| ELEPHANT
(Gus Van Sant, 2003, USA) |
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The horrifying simplicity, the complete absence
of plot and the slowness of Elephant
may seem boring but it turns out to be very
proximate to reality. The movie is so convincing,
passive, distant and cold that it becomes
really frightening. Elephant is an
excellent and realistic representation of
teenagers with different backgrounds, interests,
problems, likings and projects, with different
visions about school. |
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| THE
EYE
(Pang Brothers, 2002, Hong Kong) |
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It
abuses with technical tricks, like blurry
images, noises and the typical horror-film
score, and, honestly, that’s not scary.
And, maybe I’m wrong, but haven’t
we seen a film where the main character can
see dead people? Sounds familiar. |
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