@athanasios32747

"When the tongues of flames are in-folded Into the crowned knot of fire And the fire and the rose are one" Music, films and books. Born in 1978.

 Greece
Joined August 2023
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1/2 My favorite mystery movies (Ranked list) Oldboy Vertigo Interview, 1998 Gone Girl Shutter Island The Game Rear Window Les diaboliques Memento Kokuhaku (Confessions) The Prestige Abre los ojos El habitante incierto El cuerpo The Gift, 2015 La cara oculta Identity El método
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2/2 Exam Spellbound Remember The Ghost Writer Loft,2008 Moss, 2008 The Village The Invitation The Words Bunny Lake Is Missing Faults Salinjaui gieokbeob (Director's cut) Los ojos de Julia The Witch, 1966 Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte Scream of Fear Eko Death Walks on High Heels
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3 of my favourite characters in literature, off the top of my head: Antoine Roquentin (Nausea, Jean-Paul Sartre) Ferdinand Bardamu (Journey to the End of the Night, Céline) Demian (Hermann Hesse) xitter.cf/stonemonkts/status/211…
Patrick@stonemonktsOct 18
3 of my favourite characters in literature, off the top of my head: Rabbit Angstrom (Updike) Wackford Squeers (Dickens) Leopold Bloom (Joyce)
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Daisies (Sedmikrásky), 1966. Vera Chytilová. Ivana Karbanová - Jitka Cerhová.
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1/5 This is only the second Egyptian film I've seen,following The Blue Elephant. "Diamond Dust" is almost equally amazing, though certainly very different. Tbh, I was initially daunted by the numerous historical & political references -I don't know much about P.M Nasser or the
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5/5 but it became increasingly gripping, there were shocking scenes, and the protagonist was highly expressive, conveying the full spectrum of his emotions. An emotional rollercoaster -at times hard to watch- but ultimately, as a cinematic experience, it was deeply rewarding.
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4/5 out the screenplay for special praise- based, after all, on a highly successful book by the author Ahmed Mourad. The film is long & slow-paced,yet I didn't feel that a single scene was superfluous. I wouldn't say it kept me in a state of high suspense from start to finish,
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3/5 is political, at its core,it is a blend of psychological drama, thriller & mystery. From a technical standpoint, the film holds its own against lavish Western productions, boasting excellent direction and cinematography, as well as outstanding performances. Yet, I'd single
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2/5 political landscape in Egypt following WW II.Besides, when you lack knowledge about what you're watching, you can't properly evaluate it or realise the underlying political/historical context. Fortunately, film does not get bogged down in those aspects. While the packaging
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Films I cried the hardest at : Big Fish Hamnet Kokuho Rocky A Ghost Waits Warrior Clerks 3 Ink The Fountain Kitchen Stories Man On The Moon Mass Wuthering Heights, 1939 Terminator 2 Bad Lieutenant Tae Guk Gi Rain Man Dark Eyes, 1987 The Fisher King xitter.cf/BadFilmTakes1/status/2…
Nuanced Film Takes@BadFilmTakes1Oct 15
Films I cried the hardest at (no order): The Straight Story Mulholland Drive Naked Lunch The Shrouds The Thin Red Line Queer Perfect Days The Irishman Paths of Glory 8 1/2 Nights of Cabiria The Matrix Resurrections The Matrix Blade Runner Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
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Gertrud, 1964. Carl Theodor Dreyer. Nina Pens Rode - Baard Owe.
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8½, 1963. Federico Fellini. Marcello Mastroianni.
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1/8 The Glass Menagerie is not a masterpiece like A Streetcar.. or Suddenly, Last Summer, nor is it as exceptional as Fugitive Kind. Yet, there are moments of greatness as well. The ending is shattering -one of the most moving & heart-wrenching scenes I've ever seen,especially
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8/8 engaged. Yet, the other parts outweigh the slow moments & the film truly soars towards the end -not just during the few minutes of that shattering final scene, but throughout the last half-hour in general. The scenes between James Naughton & Karen Allen were extraordinary.
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7/8 your very survival: for if you cannot -not merely fulfill your dreams,but even strive for them- then that is called death. Imo,it remains a somewhat uneven film. At 134 minutes long, there were moments when I felt it dragging & during those stretches, I wasn't particularly
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6/8 situations where neither morality nor compassion can offer a solution nor is it love for your own people. On the contrary, all these things are what steer you onto this collision course- with one additional factor involved, and and that is not exactly personal ambition, but
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5/8 film where there are no clear-cut heroes or villains but rather characters all trying to cope with a harsh reality for which no one's to blame -yet their respective approaches & desires are on an inevitable collision course with those of others. Facing unbearable dilemmas-
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4/8 it is Williams's most personal film, the excessive theatricality of his earlier works -which I admittedly love- is partly absent. It's his most "grounded" film, featuring situations with which the average viewer can more easily identify. It's more "earthy," human & tender,
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3/8 you of your mistakes- a bittersweet sadness that seeks not to crush you but to comfort you, reminding you of the human reality: that those mistakes were inevitable & that there are situations where, no matter what decision you make, you will regret it just the same. Because
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