Wall

Samuel Andrade

9Dec12

★★★★ this is a game preserve. and we (the viewers) are the game.

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Sublime. It reminded me of "Once Upon A Time in Anatolia". Preys and predators, hunters and hunted. The setting changes from urban to rural, from geometric to foggy. Incredible shots. Meditative mood. Laconic and subtle. One of the highlights of the year.

Ilayda Gunes

27Aug12

A parable about contemporary Iran... Revolving around a taciturn saturnine-faced protagonist, the film reveals the repressive anger at bureaucracy. Very well done.

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Matt Richards

26Feb12

Sharing a similar tone and style to Christi Puiu's 'Aurora' the hunter manages to slowly work it's way under the skin. It's brooding, bare, open to interpretation and possibly far darker than we suspect. Like Aurora Rafi Pitts also stars in the film and is fascinating to watch and the photography is of the same exceptional standard we've come to expect from Iran. 3.5 stars

răpciune

6Feb12

WOOAAA! unlike the dandy warhols once famously put it, this is even cooler than kim deal.

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răpciune

6Feb12

and the soundtrack omg!
Trickstian Shantih

12Sep12

Nothing's cooler than Kim Deal. Neither Kim Gordon nor Black Francis. If you stay too much in the mirror stage, you'll be trippy-trapped as Žižek is trapped into a hitchCOCKian breed bird. And for surely you will forget the difference between witch and which. And you're gonna brambling forever from Racine. And run off at the mouth.
răpciune

12Sep12

it's got nothing to do with zizek, theseus.
Trickstian Shantih

12Sep12

I know. But it feels good to poke fun at psychoanalysis.
răpciune

13Sep12

the context itself where my nickname was taken from is poking fun at psychoanalysis. so weirdly hilarious seemed the juxtaposition of lacanian and witch, and so full of other harlequin-like patchworks of notions was the movie, trying every moment to bend earth and stick the poles together, that i fell for it. so, my friend, if you are into the tough labyrinthine stage of assigning bird tracks to elephants and ant acids to weasels, you might begin wondering why is it that coorte's asparagus is unchewable. zizek is an arrogant prick.
Trickstian Shantih

13Sep12

Mary Poppins: I never explain anything. Epic.
răpciune

13Sep12

wittgenstein: Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent. dramatic.
Trickstian Shantih

13Sep12

Lionese to English: If a Wittgenstein could speak, I could not understand him.
răpciune

13Sep12

These hills are too green and sweet to have tasted salt.
Trickstian Shantih

13Sep12

You better be. He'll keep you in a jar. And you'll think you're happy.
răpciune

13Sep12

He--for there could be no doubt of his sex, though the fashion of the time did something to disguise it--was in the act of slicing at the head of his twin brother which swung from the rafters. Technically, no interest or coward leisure linked to the bald sarcastic surface of a jar.
Trickstian Shantih

14Sep12

Mary Shelley Poppins in rapid eye movement: 20th century, go to sleep. You're plasticine. That is obscene.
răpciune

14Sep12

it's funny talking to the heavily asleep sometimes. but it's no use thanking the universe for these encounters.

Andhika Eka Buana

22Jan12

Why isn't someone told me that the guy from GTA IV has come to life.

micmac●

17Jan12

Chilling. Reminded me of Philippe Grandrieux, but clearer.

Yuki Aditya

23Nov11

epic in minimalist way. Way to go Rafi Pitts

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Justin Oakey

22Aug11

This film begs the audience to consider the difference between revenge and justice. Is Ali seeking revenge or solace? Is he hunting or hunted? Although it moves a little slow, and has sparse dialogue, it is surprisingly engaging. There are many similarities to "Essential Killing" and "Valhalla Rising", but the sincerity of this story leads the audience to be much more involved, both emotionally and intellectually.

Sean

19Aug11

Visually impressive film, full of beautiful cinematography. Pitts has an eye for detail and suspense, there is no score in this film except for random radiohead songs which makes it a quiet intense film that builds to the climax. Pitts also plays the main character with some great emotion, he loses his wife and daughter due to riots, in his grief he shoots and kills two police offcers. Enjoyed it, that ending!