All (excluding first two) are thanked to Jeffery
La Haine / ´Hate´ (FR)
3 guys (arab, african, jew) from a slum dealing with the police which forces them to turn to hate, with society that could not care less about them; supposedly good guys locked in characters that amount to no good, trying to live the best a low life could. Tension between friends, between individuals and the overlooking system; They manoeuvre their choices within circumstances that chase down their options. What does one - or three - do when there´s not much to do ? A stylish film that makes you love the kind of grown punks you would not usually afford to love.
Intouchables (FR)
An unlikely assistant of a disabled wealthy man brings in joy to his rich but dull life style. They teach and learn from one another to be more daring and wild, and use what they got to succeed in their personal growth. Two different lives enriched by their mixture, somewhat chaotic, sometimes too straight, most of all fun is what they create. The film proves connections with others may significantly assist one connecting with himself. A chilled drama that makes you smile.
Fear Eats the Soul (DE)
A German widower meets a Moroccan work-immigrant in 70s Munich. He is young and handsome, she´s old and boring. He is far from being integrated, she is submerged in an endless routine. Through their different classes, the film puts the casual cards of prejudices on the table, shows how people react according to norms before learning to achieve more acceptability.
Watching this film should raise awareness to how we (should) treat our neighbours, family, friends and strangers. It proves that actions of classism (categorizing) occur and cease according to various needs, and that dysfunctional normality is sometimes better changed.
A low budget minimal film, shot in the duration of two weeks.
Jonah will be 25 in the year 2000 ((Swiss) FR)
An excellent film that takes several different charaters who believe the world should be slightly more thoughtful, friendly and inspiring, and try to make it better and together. It is about simple lives who refuse to be forced into despair, who persist on being kind and manifest their personal style. It is highly recommended to any viewer who sees reality slipping away from the dream it should have been.
Cutter´s Way (EN)
In this one, dreams are already long gone and the only little bit in life worth saving is decency. 2 friends, a cynic Vietnam veteran and an unlikely hero fight their own indifference in order to fight injustice which was accidentally witnessed. The act was made by a person of the kind that always gets away (a man of wealth and fame). Entwined in the story is the wife of the veteran, who is a possible lover of the friend, who try to handle life surviving the bitterness of her drunken husband.
This might pose as a darkened early version of Big Lebowski, in terms of a small civilian put unwillingly against a big capable persona. For anyone who is tired of the despairing way of the system´s key-holders to get away.
La Haine / ´Hate´ (FR)
3 guys (arab, african, jew) from a slum dealing with the police which forces them to turn to hate, with society that could not care less about them; supposedly good guys locked in characters that amount to no good, trying to live the best a low life could. Tension between friends, between individuals and the overlooking system; They manoeuvre their choices within circumstances that chase down their options. What does one - or three - do when there´s not much to do ? A stylish film that makes you love the kind of grown punks you would not usually afford to love.
Intouchables (FR)
An unlikely assistant of a disabled wealthy man brings in joy to his rich but dull life style. They teach and learn from one another to be more daring and wild, and use what they got to succeed in their personal growth. Two different lives enriched by their mixture, somewhat chaotic, sometimes too straight, most of all fun is what they create. The film proves connections with others may significantly assist one connecting with himself. A chilled drama that makes you smile.
Fear Eats the Soul (DE)
A German widower meets a Moroccan work-immigrant in 70s Munich. He is young and handsome, she´s old and boring. He is far from being integrated, she is submerged in an endless routine. Through their different classes, the film puts the casual cards of prejudices on the table, shows how people react according to norms before learning to achieve more acceptability.
Watching this film should raise awareness to how we (should) treat our neighbours, family, friends and strangers. It proves that actions of classism (categorizing) occur and cease according to various needs, and that dysfunctional normality is sometimes better changed.
A low budget minimal film, shot in the duration of two weeks.
Jonah will be 25 in the year 2000 ((Swiss) FR)
An excellent film that takes several different charaters who believe the world should be slightly more thoughtful, friendly and inspiring, and try to make it better and together. It is about simple lives who refuse to be forced into despair, who persist on being kind and manifest their personal style. It is highly recommended to any viewer who sees reality slipping away from the dream it should have been.
Cutter´s Way (EN)
In this one, dreams are already long gone and the only little bit in life worth saving is decency. 2 friends, a cynic Vietnam veteran and an unlikely hero fight their own indifference in order to fight injustice which was accidentally witnessed. The act was made by a person of the kind that always gets away (a man of wealth and fame). Entwined in the story is the wife of the veteran, who is a possible lover of the friend, who try to handle life surviving the bitterness of her drunken husband.
This might pose as a darkened early version of Big Lebowski, in terms of a small civilian put unwillingly against a big capable persona. For anyone who is tired of the despairing way of the system´s key-holders to get away.
Altered States (EN) Inspired by the research of a
famous real scientist, this film is about the effort to discover a
different kind of a bigger truth. A scientist gathers his colleagues and
position to reach higher states of consciousness that would reveal a
wild prime force of nature. The sensational trip changes what he could
know about life and creation before and his curiosity draws him to dig
further and deeper in his eccentric method of experiment.
Quite surreal, it is interesting to feel the drama taken to the realm of (supposedly )scientific investigation, to the irreconcilable pursue of the beyond. Recommended to -but not only to- anyone who ever went to see further.
Quite surreal, it is interesting to feel the drama taken to the realm of (supposedly )scientific investigation, to the irreconcilable pursue of the beyond. Recommended to -but not only to- anyone who ever went to see further.
La planète sauvage / ´Fantastic Planet´ (FR)
A great horrific old animated classic sci-fi, a collaboration between
Czechoslovakia and France from 1973. The Om race is what could be conceived as humans, a very small powerless creature compared to the Draags, the mastering blue Übermensch of that planet. Their high intelligence evolved into a magnificent culture which perceives the Oms as either cute tiny pets to be played with or wild nasty little pests worth of annihilation.
With distinct images that feel like recognizable historical features, this totally surrealistically illustrated film gives you shivers as well as sniggers.
Czechoslovakia and France from 1973. The Om race is what could be conceived as humans, a very small powerless creature compared to the Draags, the mastering blue Übermensch of that planet. Their high intelligence evolved into a magnificent culture which perceives the Oms as either cute tiny pets to be played with or wild nasty little pests worth of annihilation.
With distinct images that feel like recognizable historical features, this totally surrealistically illustrated film gives you shivers as well as sniggers.
Le feu follet / ´The Fire Within´ (FR)
Pursuant to my tendency to this matter, this is my personal favourite in the list: The same way Altered States is about tripping, this film is about depression. Its maker´s friend who committed suicide was the basis of this slow sorrowful journey of a decaying heart. The main character is an amicable person who lost touch of everything that is life. His associates wish him to let go of his melancholic intuition, to step out of his distress he is so immersed in, but it seems improbable for him there is a chance for a real hold of himself in this world.
The film being black and white and in French only adds up to the gentle fragility imposed on the viewer. Detachment was hardly as touching as in this one.
Pursuant to my tendency to this matter, this is my personal favourite in the list: The same way Altered States is about tripping, this film is about depression. Its maker´s friend who committed suicide was the basis of this slow sorrowful journey of a decaying heart. The main character is an amicable person who lost touch of everything that is life. His associates wish him to let go of his melancholic intuition, to step out of his distress he is so immersed in, but it seems improbable for him there is a chance for a real hold of himself in this world.
The film being black and white and in French only adds up to the gentle fragility imposed on the viewer. Detachment was hardly as touching as in this one.
