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Mother! (2017)
A visionary mythical interpretation of the human story,
If a story doesn't leave an impression, we as an audience are unsatisfied, in the case of "Mother!", I fell as though it has left a permanent scar.. . In the best way possible of course. (As I felt with "Requiem for a Dream")
The tension that this film brings to the viewer along with the brutal reality of human behaviour is horrific and confronting. As with any storyteller trying to speak about such a grand narrative as the journey of humankind, things are going to get real and nasty. But as an audience we should judge a film by many things; the story, the performances, the cinematography, the set design, the editing, the audio and most importantly how all of these things and the many others combine together as one. In the case of "Mother!" these various categories are all executed to the highest of levels. Aronofsky creates such beautiful and equally dangerous worlds and "Mother!" is no exception.
This is another one of Aronofsky's emotional roller coasters that will either enthrall the viewer who is up for the challenge or repel the viewer who would rather not have to engage with a film on a deeper level.
Cobain: Montage of Heck (2015)
A refreshing documentary that presents Kurt Cobain as a human not a victim.
By far this is the most comprehensive look into Kurt as a human being, without the sole focus being on his drug addiction and his depressive moods.
For the last 21 years the majority of what has been published has focused on Kurt's last few years and his impending demise but it was refreshing to see a documentary that tried to look at the big picture which included home footage of Kurt with his family as a young kid and as an adult, just being himself.
The inclusion of so much of Kurt's art and personal journals added so much depth and insight into his feelings at different times over his life, even though editing can skew what we see and what we don't.
It is fantastic that Frances Bean Cobain had an integral role in producing a more accurate representation of who her father really was rather than who the media/tabloids wanted him to be.