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Hold the Dark (2018)
Holding and acknowledging our own 'Dark' makes us human
Cinema can be much more than just the telling of a story.
Of all the Arts it has the power to make you experience something on many levels at the same time, not just rationally.
Personally I love it when a movie allows me the space to make it 'mine'.
I don't need or even want to 'understand' what the makers mean.
With 'Hold The Dark' I deeply felt that the movie allows us to glimpse our own 'Dark', which we all hold, in whatever form.
That makes it a great film.
That, and the fact it was beautifully shot.
I did not read the book, but I found enough clues in the story to let the director guide me ever closer to the universal 'Dark', also in myself.
That way I could identify with the main characters on a deeper layer than with the most predictable 'Good vs. Bad' or 'Revenge & Justice' movies, however 'thrilling'.
Once you allow yourself to let go of the one-dimensional need 'to get it', the heart-shattering beauty of this film is a mirror to the often terrible, primal choices mankind has been making, searching for honest ways to deal with our often cruel or impossible 'Fate'.
Experience this film with an open mind and heart, and allow yourself to approach your own 'Dark'...
Nemuru otoko (1996)
Disturbingly beautiful, full of stillness
I really loved this film. It is very Still, very Poetic and has an extremely beautiful and wonderful ending! The great thing of it is that you feel more than you see. The plot is just as small as the message of this masterpiece is great!