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Canaletto
2Aug10
The result of reading “Contemplative Filmmaking for Dummies”. Reygadas is accused of formulaic filmmaking, well, Alonso might as well be his master. Placing a non-actor in front of a camera automatically turns him into an actor, thus the importance of careful casting. Not a bit of realism or framing to impose any pseudo-psychology. It’s not that easy. It suffers from a serious case of *Nanook of the North* syndrome.
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Jerry Johnson
24Feb10
I'm not sure I've seen a 2000s film with more integrity. Alonso films real people in real surroundings and never once cheats his setting with his camera until the final shot. Zero psychology and zero shaky-cam. Like mana from heaven. I think the gringo critics have been misreading this film, seeing it as a Heart of Darkness journey into mysterious nature. This man is just returning to familiar home. There is no struggle against nature.
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w:i:l:b:e:r:t:o: :i:r:a:h:e:t:a:
25Jan10
Captures the banal evey day life with such radiant beauty and steady meditation.
Grey Daisies
14May09
Lisandro Alonso's slow-moving, mysterious and poetic images take us once again on a voyage through the nature of Argentina and it's residents. Mind-absorbing meditation at it's very best.