Comments on: PIFF 2010: What do you think about Elly? http://www.cinecynic.com/2010/02/piff-2010-what-do-you-think-about-elly/ A cynic's take on movies, books and everything else Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:52:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Shutter Island Inception – Cine Cynic http://www.cinecynic.com/2010/02/piff-2010-what-do-you-think-about-elly/comment-page-1/#comment-545 Shutter Island Inception – Cine Cynic Wed, 21 Jul 2010 03:30:33 +0000 http://www.cinecynic.com/?p=458#comment-545 [...] The Kantian philosophy of subjective reality is not new to cinema. Roman Polanski’s Rosemary Baby and to some extent Wachowski Brothers’ The Matrix are among the most celebrated and classic examples. I also recall Mark Pellington’s Arlington Road, Joseph Ruben’s Forgotten and Robert Schwentke’s Flightplan, all of which have parents fighting desperately against some universal perceptions in order to save their sons or daughters. Shutter Island takes a very different approach than all these. By setting it on an island filled with certified mad men and untrustworthy authorities Scorsese directly brings forth the classroom discussion about the justification of a mad man’s perception of the world. The reason I find this interesting is because it is only an exaggeration of the mild differences between the perceptions of two uncertified individuals (sane or otherwise), something that is most exceptionally handled in Asghar Farhadi’s About Elly. [...] [...] The Kantian philosophy of subjective reality is not new to cinema. Roman Polanski’s Rosemary Baby and to some extent Wachowski Brothers’ The Matrix are among the most celebrated and classic examples. I also recall Mark Pellington’s Arlington Road, Joseph Ruben’s Forgotten and Robert Schwentke’s Flightplan, all of which have parents fighting desperately against some universal perceptions in order to save their sons or daughters. Shutter Island takes a very different approach than all these. By setting it on an island filled with certified mad men and untrustworthy authorities Scorsese directly brings forth the classroom discussion about the justification of a mad man’s perception of the world. The reason I find this interesting is because it is only an exaggeration of the mild differences between the perceptions of two uncertified individuals (sane or otherwise), something that is most exceptionally handled in Asghar Farhadi’s About Elly. [...]

]]> By: Cine Cynic http://www.cinecynic.com/2010/02/piff-2010-what-do-you-think-about-elly/comment-page-1/#comment-494 Cine Cynic Sat, 27 Mar 2010 02:59:41 +0000 http://www.cinecynic.com/?p=458#comment-494 Thank you for your encouraging words, Aslesha. It gives me another reason to attempt greater regularity. You are right, I missed many other important things. It may be because while watching a movie I am unconscious about the details that make the whole (especially for a good movie like this), and moreover I don't understand most aspects of movie-making well enough. Still, I will keep your advice in mind while writing in the future. You mentioned that this is "compelling enough to perceive the movie in your way". Curious way of putting it. Did you watch the movie? What was your way of perceiving it? Thank you for your encouraging words, Aslesha. It gives me another reason to attempt greater regularity.

You are right, I missed many other important things. It may be because while watching a movie I am unconscious about the details that make the whole (especially for a good movie like this), and moreover I don’t understand most aspects of movie-making well enough. Still, I will keep your advice in mind while writing in the future.

You mentioned that this is “compelling enough to perceive the movie in your way”. Curious way of putting it. Did you watch the movie? What was your way of perceiving it?

]]> By: Aslesha http://www.cinecynic.com/2010/02/piff-2010-what-do-you-think-about-elly/comment-page-1/#comment-493 Aslesha Fri, 26 Mar 2010 12:35:29 +0000 http://www.cinecynic.com/?p=458#comment-493 The part I liked the best was the quote by Thoreau. And the angle which you gave to such a subtle point is very good. The part I liked the best was the quote by Thoreau. And the angle which you gave to such a subtle point is very good.

]]> By: Aslesha http://www.cinecynic.com/2010/02/piff-2010-what-do-you-think-about-elly/comment-page-1/#comment-492 Aslesha Fri, 26 Mar 2010 12:22:11 +0000 http://www.cinecynic.com/?p=458#comment-492 Your choice of adjectives is pretty meticulous and your review is compelling enough to perceive the movie in your way. It's very nice. But maybe you missed out on the other essential features like the way the actors portrayed the characters, the feel of environment the shots were taken in etc. It would be nice if you could elaborate on them. Your choice of adjectives is pretty meticulous and your review is compelling enough to perceive the movie in your way. It’s very nice. But maybe you missed out on the other essential features like the way the actors portrayed the characters, the feel of environment the shots were taken in etc. It would be nice if you could elaborate on them.

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