Yay! ,Morvern Callar has to be one of my top 5 favorite filsm of all time. Amazing script, direction, photography, music, acting…. Lynne Ramsay is one of the most promising directors of this time. And yes, why is Morvern Callar not in here????
(Criterion should re-release it as part of their collection. It truly is a modern masterpiece.)
Here’s my take on the movie…and why I find it so compelling. (I agree that this form of discussion is great)
I think this movie utilizes the events that take place in the first scene as a catapult to a journey (however slow and unaware) of self-discovery and self-realization.
The movie is ‘about’ an enigmatic, mysterious, and morally dubious character. Part of the reason why I find it so compelling is that Morvern never really seems to have a motive behind her actions. One could even say that her decisions often seem “out of character”, although we don’t really know anything about this particular character—where she comes from, why is she there, what was her relationship with her boyfriend like, etc. We are never given a backstory, because in a way, her past doesn’t really matter anymore; a horrifying event has just occurred, and even though she may not explicitly show it, she’s devastated and terrified.
In the movie, we are experiencing everything from her standpoint—one that is going through such emotional turmoil that, like the moment right after you’ve been in a car wreck, things seem displaced and surreal.
Morvern Callar - Lynne Ramsay about 3 years ago
Yay! ,Morvern Callar has to be one of my top 5 favorite filsm of all time. Amazing script, direction, photography, music, acting…. Lynne Ramsay is one of the most promising directors of this time. And yes, why is Morvern Callar not in here????
(Criterion should re-release it as part of their collection. It truly is a modern masterpiece.)
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Morvern Callar - Lynne Ramsay about 3 years ago
To PolarisDiB:
Here’s my take on the movie…and why I find it so compelling. (I agree that this form of discussion is great)
I think this movie utilizes the events that take place in the first scene as a catapult to a journey (however slow and unaware) of self-discovery and self-realization.
The movie is ‘about’ an enigmatic, mysterious, and morally dubious character. Part of the reason why I find it so compelling is that Morvern never really seems to have a motive behind her actions. One could even say that her decisions often seem “out of character”, although we don’t really know anything about this particular character—where she comes from, why is she there, what was her relationship with her boyfriend like, etc. We are never given a backstory, because in a way, her past doesn’t really matter anymore; a horrifying event has just occurred, and even though she may not explicitly show it, she’s devastated and terrified.
In the movie, we are experiencing everything from her standpoint—one that is going through such emotional turmoil that, like the moment right after you’ve been in a car wreck, things seem displaced and surreal.
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