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T. J. Harman
1Mar12
I love every second of this movie (I admit I'm a pretenscious fuck so beware). Delphine Seyrig is one of my fave actresses. If I was a rich, wackjob excentric I'd have this film playing on a wall in my mansion on a loop at all times.
DeJardinblum
1Feb12
A child of a Holocaust survivor, Akerman lovingly reconstitutes the absent mother and joins her in an entombment of ritual anxiety and control, allowing her own aggression to recede to the focal point of a passionate witness, where she, herself childless, is allowed to communicate something she has learned, which would otherwise be lost. Great precursor to her masterful "Meetings with Anna."
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Trevor
2Dec11
An uncommonly hypnotic and entirely unique, this potato-peeling epic MUST be seen in one sitting, with no bathroom breaks! Seyrig's acting borders on performance art in her carefully controlled but absolutely stunning portrayal of the titular housewife. It shows you an entire world, a woman crumbling in front of you. Once seen, it is impossible to forget. No other film makes spilling milk so heart stopping.
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Ian Vorley
19Sep11
It's a study of the minutiae of a widow's day to day life as we countdown each interminable moment until her inevitable meltdown! It's an instructional cooking video! Wait... you're both right! A film to be endured possibly more than enjoyed but an essential film.
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Ryan Clark
5Sep11
A hypnotic treasure of a film. On paper, it sounds like it would bore you to tears (and I guess it does bore some people) but it is really quite fascinating if you are able to get into the groove and focus not on the larger picture but on the small details. I've only seen it once so far, and I thought I'd probably never watch it again, but I find myself wanting to revisit it soon.
Andre
2Sep11
Confusion in her eyes that says it all. She's lost control. And she's clinging to the nearest passer by. She's lost control. And she gave away the secrets of her past. And said I've lost control again. And of a voice that told her when and where to act. She said I've lost control again.
Pouya G. Asadi
19Apr11
Had a very peculiar experience with this film 24 hours ago. Took me the whole day to settle down and go through what i just experienced. what got me to was that I dreamt of scenes without ever seeing the film.....
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Savannah
19Jul10
The most fascinating and dull movie I've ever seen. The quiet moments spent with Jeanne are unlike anything I've ever experienced in any artform, and made her more real and sympathetic a fictional character than I think I've ever encountered. Incredibly effective and so simply, beautifully stated.
Knut Morte
17Jul10
looking through the static eye of a feminist into a dull systematic life of a lonesome woman, who needs attention and so she decides to get the cops to notice her.
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Jasper Bleu
10Jun10
This film just moved to #1 of my "films I could not imagine ever being in the mood to watch again" list. It took me longer to watch this than Berlin Alexanderplatz.Certainly one of the most Ambiguous films ever made.