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Shirkers (2018)
The reviewers are missing the point of this documentary
The main theme of an amateur 'avant garde' movie aside, "Shirkers" to me is about an impressionable group of teenagers (as well as several unbelievably gullible adults) who fall victim to mind manipulation by a cruel and narcissistic fantasist of dubious background and no achievements of his own. I hope the success of the documentary at Sundance has been satisfying and therapeutic to the author.
Al di là delle nuvole (1995)
Strictly for Antonioni fans...
As a big fan of Antonioni's films ("Blow-Up" is one of my favourite movies of all times, one of a very few of his which have not dated over the years), I just had to see "Beyond", albeit almost 20 years after it was made.
Well, I watched it for the fantastic cinematography, the music, and Antonioni's famous attention to visual detail
. As for the stories, they are disjointed, quite pretentious, and seem to be just a pretext to show the beauty of the actresses.
I was also disappointed by the predictability of the final story (with Irene Jacob) - I think most viewers would guess early on how it was going to end.