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After the Rehearsal :Unpopular opinion but this is a masterpiece & a top-5 Bergman movie for me. Its minimalist form is probably the reason AtR is not as praised as his other masterpieces. It's basically a theater play with 3 actors & a single stage. Nothing fancy,no amazing
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artistic/philosophical, yet simultaneously raw & real, zero pretentiousness, sugarcoating,or overdramatization. Older people will probably appreciate it more than younger. To truly understand it, it takes a lifetime of beatings, frustration, acceptance, and disillusionment.
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confessional piece, he exposes himself as a psychological vampire who drains his actors for creative fuel. He plays him as brilliant, manipulative & obsessed-a man who, in a sense, is both regretful & unapologetic about everything he did to serve his artistic vision. AtR is
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yet real as hell, she is unforgettable-even though she only has about 15 minutes of screen time.
Still, the dialogue shocked me even more. Bergman obviously uses Josephson as a vessel to express his own thoughts never hesitating to reveal his inner darkness. In this deeply
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them. While Erland Josephson & Lena Olin were amazing,it was Ingrid Thulin who stole the show. This was one of the greatest performances ever, and the fact that it doesn't get mentioned more often is a bit sad. Both fragile & powerful,devastating & captivating, "theatrical"
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visuals, and no beautiful cinematography. However, Scenes from a Marriage is quite similar, and its power lies entirely in the dialogue, not in its form or visuals.
In any case, AtR relies heavily on its dialogue, script & acting performances.I was absolutely astonished by
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BARFLY : This is a late '80s film, but it looks more like a '70s movie. It has the '70s aesthetic,it's slow-paced, the characters are deep,and it feels real and gritty. While it is entertaining and interesting, Barbet Schroeder cares more about serving his artistic vision
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lines here, reflecting Bukowski's work. Any fan of the author will like or even love this, but the film is not just for them. BARFLY is a very good character study-funny, sad, enjoyable and interesting all the way through.
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he transforms into something else, managing to capture Bukowski's essence-his walk, his talk, his swagger and his wit. This performance, alongside Dunaway's excellent one, is among the most underrated of the '80s. Even Frank Stallone was good here!
There are many brilliant
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should have been even more gritty, bleak, "sleazy", and wild than this.For instance, Tales of Ordinary Madness by Marco Ferreri is closer to Bukowski's style.
In any case, BARFLY is better than Ferreri's film. Mickey Rourke is excellent. While he was a sex symbol back then,
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than just entertaining the masses,like films of this "glossy" cinema era- late 80s- intended.
It's not as beautiful to watch (cinematographically) as most '70s films, though, and tbh, Schroeder has softened the edges a bit. A film with Charles Bukowski as the main character
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Caught Stealing : It's better than I expected. As other IMDB reviewers have already noticed, this is like a late 90s/00s comedy/drama/crime movie-not so much "Tarantinoesque," but more in the vein of Danny Boyle and Guy Ritchie movies. This is a very
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but there isn't any performance here that will be remembered. And it's definitely not among the best movies of him,Aronofsky has created many amazing movies in the past, and this is inferior to most of them. But if you're a fan of this subgenre,you will definitely enjoy it.
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intense.Some unexpected things happened-things that made this film more realistic,proving anything could happen next.
Still, it's not great. It was fun,but there weren't any hilarious moments. It was intense, but not for a second did it become nail-biting. It was well-acted,
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it back then, because it's not among the best movies of this subgenre. But for a 2020s film, it's a breath of fresh air. It's entertaining; although it was slow to start, this slow start was necessary for the characters to get some depth. After the first 30 min, it gets more
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entertaining subgenre which, sadly, has become extinct nowadays (Bullet Train was the latest entry).Movies like Nine Queens, Dobermann, Go, The Way of the Gun, Layer Cake, etc.
C.S is something like that, a 7/10 movie. I'd have liked (& rated) it a bit less if I had watched
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My favorite crime-comedy films (Crime films that don't take themselves too seriously; mostly about gangsters, "Tarantinoesque", etc.)
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True Romance
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Yeong-hwa-neun yeong-hwa-da
In Bruges
Nueve reinas
Lola rennt
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
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Lucky Number Slevin
Smokin' Aces
Layer Cake
I Kina spiser de hunde
Running Scared
The Mexican
The Gentlemen
Retfærdighedens ryttere
The Way of the Gun
Seven Psychopaths
Snatch
Kraftidioten
Dobermann
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Top 20 first watches of the year so far.
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Hamnet, 2025.
Hour of the Wolf, 1968.
Suddenly, Last Summer, 1959.
Red Desert, 1964.
Les Misérables, 1934.
The Valley of the Bees, 1968.
Masquerade, 2012.
La Dolce Vita, 1960.
Kokuho, 2025.
Vikram, 2022
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Top 20 first watches of the year so far.
No order - all 4-5 star ratings
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Sword of the Beast, 1965
Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno, 2009
(Documentary)
Dhurandhar, 2025
The Long Good Friday, 1980
Sentimental Value, 2025
The Attorney, 2013
How to Train Your Dragon, 2010
Another Woman, 1988
The Devil's Trap, 1962.
Such a Pretty Little Beach, 1949.
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