Despite it being the most confusing movie I had ever seen, coupled with Buñuel and Dalí's energetic rejection of rational meaning in the film, I saw Un Chien Andalou as an exploration of desire and the obstacles in the path of instinctual passion, equally indebted to Surrealism and Freud. The narrative of the film is illogical, like the narrative of a dream. Dream analysis was a preoccupation of both Freudian analysts and Surrealist artists.
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What a masterpiece. This could be the greatest movie ever in terms of psychological drama.
Seeing each of the patients dealing with their own mental/physical struggles and being repressed by the tyrannical Nurse Ratched, followed by the relationship they developed with Randle McMurphy was deeply touching. I never expected this movie to evoke that many different kinds of emotions.
The suicide of Billy Bibbit near the end spoke a lot about his character and psychological disorder. It manifested his sense of…
Great film that elaborates on how decisions can alter a person’s life. In Robert Oppenheimer's case, his scientific, political and social life.
In my personal opinion, the main plot of the entire film was right at the end, where Oppenheimer was haunted by the visions of nuclear war, as he realizes that his scientific endeavors could potentially lead to disastrous consequences that would alter the world forever.
It was a relief to find out that the film was largely historically…
I found out not long ago that Poor Things is based off of a novel by Alasdair Gray. As I looked up what the novel is generally about, I’m pretty sure he wouldn’t be happy with the movie for many different reasons. First, it depicts the setting being London instead of Glasgow as it originally is in the novel. Secondly, Gray was a socialist, and you can’t ignore this from his work. Socialism is essential to this novel’s project, but…
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