An Appropriated Self-portrait

msmichel

"I'll be your mirror, reflect what you are" Alos captures the human experience in this well edited selection of scenes from contemporary and classic cinema. From birth to death encompassing love, pain, sex, pleasure, child rearing, madness, transcendence, etc etc etc. The gimmick takes a bit to take hold but once it does this is candy for the cineaste. The 'tears' sequence is masterful.

saitosouta

Umm......difficult one. First, although this movie depicts director's self-portrait through footage of movies which maybe she've watched, strangely I feel this movie's highly personal & deeply touching (I cry a little). But gradually this movie becomes ordinary flatterer shouting out "Movie is wonderful !" "I love movies !" "Sex in movie is miracle !" etc....that makes me killjoy. So former great, latter not good.

MirandaVj

Una película sorprendente, muy sensible, muy necesaria para crear conciencia sobre el mundo femenino y lo poco, en general, que se tiene en cuenta su voz y sus percepciones de la vida desde el principio hasta final de los tiempos.

Rodrigo Bazán

Un trabajo serio y fuerte sobre las sensaciones y emociones individuales, que si bien el parecerían femeninas, en realidad nos competen a todxs: soledad, aislamiento, duelo, extrañamiento de la familia, miedo a la m/paternidad, (des)encuentros amorosos

Sin título.

Apropiación que remite al fracaso, la castración maternal, búsqueda de identidad, los tropiezos con el ejercicio de la sexualidad temprana, miedo a lo impreciso, pérdida de la individualidad producto de los fallos en el proceso de formación de identidad y la adolescencia tardía que llevan a una inevitable aceptación personal. Empatía, intimidad y apropiación.

Lior1209

If I had to choose one film to which I'd apply that overused expression of "pretentious", this would be it. Clips from movies strung together in an incoherent, repetitive chore, made by someone so obsessed with herself it's not even funny. If this were a 15-20 minute film, maybe this would've been somewhat moving...at an hour and 41 minutes, it's just a painful slog.

captainfez

Sure, if your identity can be conveyed in A Portrait Of The Artist As A Bunch Of Footage Better Used In Its Original Incarnation.

oaiaferoce

A film about a modern, 'strong' and empowered woman. This film is to art, what the protagonist is to society: nothing special...