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★★★★½ Watched 18 Mar 2024
This feels different. In a way it's abnormal. But what is this "normal" all about. The Stimming Pool does not try to find the answer, but in a sense manages to achieve a fresh perception of an outsider experience. Neurodiversity is given a language through a mishmash of fantasy sequences and behind-the-scenes conversations.
The "autistic" aspect is fine, but this film really flows when it comes to finding an alternate narrative mode. This is neither an apology nor a celebration; it is simply a perceptive insight.
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David Byrne is an introvert messiah with a hell of a groove.
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The premise itself - looking at the untold story of what happens in the background of the scene - is thought-provoking. It is certainly interesting to follow this unknown face that becomes increasingly recognisable. However, that's about it. No questions are posed and I'm left in cerebral wondering mode.
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That cat certainly was the least phony character in this movie. Justice for "Cat"!
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Even if it doesn't quite get to a satisfying dénouement, Forman gets the most out of low-key insanity/burnout/nervous breakdown. Miss Ratched's eyes as she changes from affective worker, to scolding, to tormenting is fascinating.
What I think this movie lacks is a way more confounded narrative perspective instead of drifting into cinéma vérité. Maybe it should have taken its pills instead of giving them all to Frederickson.
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Weird, flawed characters, speculative sci-fi mood, a reasonable duration and a plot that stays on track. Quite good, I must say.
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A wild journey towards reconciliation. The passing of time, war/peace, the Freudian subconscious. Miyazaki throws everything into the mix and it's at time difficult to make sense of it all; flows better when it genuinely stops making sense.
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Marvelous, vibrant animation, rich symbolism and a naïve yet powerful core - peak French jazzy cinema.
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In this simulation we all listen to Sort Sol and only Sort Sol...except for The Sandmen...we listen to The Sandmen too.
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★★★★½ Watched 15 May 2023
This film brilliantly shows how verbally impaired all the characters are. They don't have a language for communicating sufficiently about their feelings, desires, grief etc. That wordless, yet tense silence is beautifully captured.
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🎶Do you remember your President Nixon?🎶
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En rammefortælling komplet med eksistentiel angst, depression, ud-af-kroopen-nærdødsoplevelser, og alt sådan noget som raske, skandinaviske børn har godt af at stifte bekendtskab med i en ikke alt for sen alder
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