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The Most Fun You Can Have Dying (2012)
This movie is engaging.
This movie is engaging. This has something to do with the acting, something to do with the direction and a lot to do with the handling of subject matter: A man who hasn't worked out what he wants to do with his life has suddenly been given a deadline. The performances are strong and its actually about something. Its a fantasy in a lot of ways, it plays out like the full spectrum of lifetime desires, misdemeanors and heartache. Through the sequence of this film, the lead character experiences both sides of betrayal, copious amounts of sex, wild spending, debauchery, a lot of pain and a lot of love. Its gorgeously shot too, across European winter and has a soundtrack to die for. This film seems to have polarized New Zealand audiences. In my world that means its a good film.
Poppy (2009)
Very affecting animation.
This film made me cry, which surprised me from a short animation. The characters at first looked slightly strange but I found myself very much pulled into their world. The World War One setting makes for very sparse and atmospheric animation. The sound design was very strong. The detail with the German language was very amusing. There a piece three-quarters of the way through where the main character is very hopeless and alone in the war-zone surrounded by death with a screaming baby. This was the bit that made me cry. The true story element gave me cause to gasp when the photograph of the actual soldier was revealed at the end. I wouldn't say that this is a film for children.
A Song of Good (2008)
Good Stuff
I like Gregory Kings Films. I saw his first feature film (Christmas) a while ago, and because of that made sure i saw his new one at Rotterdam.
Both films are about the seedier "real' side of life. The banal underbelly.
New Zealand looks like an interesting place - this film is as far away from the Lord Of The Rings stuff as you could imagine.
It's a very gritty movie, and seeing that poster image brings it all back.
Very haunting.
I won't forget it in a hurry.