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chanandre
23Nov11
Was a film-buff's baby when I saw this. Still am one though. It's quite the blow. One does not leave the cinema with two working legs. I know I did not. It changed me that much. Apparently easy and digestible. But only on the surface. When you think about it. It's a masterpiece shot after shot after shot after shot. Sure this is hard to see, but if it was easy would be called "a spielberg". Since it's not, it's not.
Tzctaute
8Feb10
So this is now billed at 90 something minutes. Well. When I saw it in the LFF it was overlong and frankly terribly boring. The director was present and so nervous that was apologizing about the movie *before* the projection started. The film is a long pseudo philosophical take on the Quixote, but it is no more than set pieces in which we watch one or the other protagonists doing nothing, or talking nonsense.
Hideous Bitch Princess
4Jan10
Throughout the film, the placement of the cameras is peculiar to say the least, but once you adjust to it you'll see how beautiful the shots are, especially in their sequencing. Needless to say this film isn't for everyone, but for fans of spacey, zen-like minimalism, it is worth checking out. Sancho is pretty fat for a guy living on a modest diet of walnuts, wouldn't you say? :oP
Lefteris Becerra
8Dec09
contra lo que piensan los adeptos a la teoría tradicional de la adaptación, el cine tiene capacidades de las que carece la literatura. lo que albert serra consigue con las dos cintas que lleva a la fecha, son dos ejemplos concretos y, al menos para mi, contundentes escenificaciones que por otro medios logran un interesante retrato de la legendaria pobreza-austeridad quijotesca acompañada de un aire místico no ajeno del todo a lo español. la austeridad cuasi abstracta que persiguen los dreyeres o los bressones, se vincula con una espiritualidad que en serra es más bien de tono alegre; la palabra serenidad no es ajena a sus dos películas como tampoco la comedia. entiendo que pueda irritar profundamente a sensibilidades varias; a mi me complace aunque creo que prefiero la foto blanco y negro de el canto de los pájaros
Grey Daisies
28Mar09
Chivalry is civilization. Though neither the cinematography nor the narrative was particularly engaging, the film nevertheless had somehow created a surprisingly memorable impact on me.