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Code 46 (2003)
nice woolly feeling about this film...
just saw the movie at the brussels international festival of fantastic films...
i think many people will dislike it, that's precisely what made me feel like commenting on it. the plot isn't of great importance, what was most enjoyable for me was the way the director picked up existing locations to depict a very plausible, troubling near-future. i just surrendered to the grainy images, oily music and weird landscapes...
samantha morton tends to play the same role again and again but since i fell in love with her at first sight (in sweet and lowdown) i really don't mind. in fact she is the main reason i went to see the movie... didn't expect much, and ended up liking it; exactly the opposite of Lost in translation where my expectations were too high, but in the end these films have something in common, the same misty atmosphere, lost people, nice music...
Chasing Sleep (2000)
if only i'd been warned, i wouldn't be writing this...
oh boy, what a bore! I mean when i go to the movie (which is quite often) and especially within the frame of a fantastic films festival i'll do my best to have a good time, i'll bury my expectations and critic sense as deep as i can. But this movie was really sooooo slow. The director fails to create an atmosphere, despite heavy use of the same gimmicks (tired look of the main character, phone or door bell ringing all the time, water dripping and medications). We did not feel concerned or interested in the story, two gory moments are out of place and seem grotesque rather than horrible, dialogs are flat, the main character is supposed to be some kind of a would-be poet but the lack of interest of his reflexions is only matched by the adolescent prose of his wife in her diary. Even the sexy scene is out of place and make us feel sorry for the actors. And then nothing happens and frankly who cares if he killed his wife or not. I suppose it won't get distributed in Europe anyway...