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23 - Nichts ist so wie es scheint (1998)
There is no truth to find - only irritation
For many viewers this film was spoilt by advertising, that showed a movie full of spying, hacking and big mysteries.
Yes. Big mysteries.
Left is one. How does a pretty smart guy lose contact to the "Reality", whatever that is meant? It is good, that this movie only had a low budget, that makes it possible to recognize the smallest change in acting.
Simple plot, overwhelming acting, financial flop, just a terrific film.
Thumbs up and 10 points
The Thin Red Line (1998)
Why? No Answer!
What makes philosophy worth thinking about?
1. You get questions instead of answers 2. These questions haven´t a correct answer
a)Who I am? b)Where do I go? c)What is it we´re living for?
TRL gives answers to this
a)A dirty piece of meat, called soldier ( or human being) b)Up this hill as the commander told c)death
A last question rises
Why?
And as "Ryan" tells us: For your country, for the good side... TRL leaves us alone with this question. Homer (Nolte quotes him) and buddhism can´t bring us an answer and so the movie doesn´t because Malick knows there is no answer.
Negative critics won´t make me feel different about this movie That´s my opinion, and everybody should have one, at least.
But reading more than fifty times the summary "worst film ever" shows the indoctrination of Hollywood-Lullaby-Soaps. SPR shows blood and pure instinct, mixed with the typically tough guy-actors and dumb phrases. TRL is what I would like to see after SPR as introduction.
10 points out of 10 for this fragment that made me wonder about nature, being a human, life and what this all means.
The Truman Show (1998)
Out of Paradise in 4 Episodes
See how film-makers think of the universe? A door and a small exit-sign.
That's it. Nothing more. Behind are some scene-workers smoking, no place to go for the star. Unless you don´t know you are the star. Truman (What is True?) finds out that this is not the world for him.
But when he realizes? The moment Christof speaks to him like a God. For Truman he is God. Episodes 10909 - 10112 of the Truman Show are the Essence of what we like to call "struggle for independence". Warhol said: Everybody will get his 15 minutes of fame. Everybody seems to long for that. After Truman left the Show how long will it take until he wants to be famous again. Maybe he is Talkshown as "The Man exploited for television". Then medias lead theirselvses ad absurdum.
10/10