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Mirath (2013)
Lebanese wars through generations; directing own experience
NB: This film is very relatable to me having the same age as the director; lived the civil war in Lebanon until 1984 where I left to study in France; lived the war in 2006 with my four children while on vacation and we have been evacuated by the first French boat to Cyprus. Therefore, every part of this film means alot to me.
Great flashback over 30 years earlier where director show his own experience of wars in Lebanon. Read about it in school, listened to his parents about previous wars, lived the civil war in 1975 and then the 2006. The best way to describe this film is "Art" instead of documentary. The director bring us on a journey of emotions and discoveries where individual, family and history play central stage. Leveraging the family, resemblences, shooting techniques, and mixing past with today play great deal of creation. The protagonist act by engaging others like mother, wife, children, and neighbours faced with the love of two countries.
Recommend to everyone looking for something different.
Pulp Fiction (1994)
You get what you don't expect
Almost each scene is a piece of art. You might end up wondering about the whole story line or the learning. However, the tense-surprise each scene brings you is enough to shade your need for whole story. i.e:
- the "Ketchup" joke after Mia saved from death;
- blowing the head of the man in the car while you expect he's safe;
- Butch's father watch emotional "building" connection:
- feet massage discussion and connection to killing;
- tasting the burger as death threat in the air;
- Butch and Wallace trouble and their deal;
- Fabienne tears forgetting the watch, ... This is a nice movie that make you comfortable watching with soft thinking.