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Reviews
Twilight (2008)
Tone and Screenplay fail Solid Leads
Incredibly lazy work by Rosenberg who looking at her resume is not new to screen writing. Therefore there is absolutely no excuse for putting in unnecessary voice overs or extraneous dialogue in moments where the emotion or meaning was already insinuated through actors & action. Felt like a second draft. Less than impressive, I felt the two solid leads were given little to work from.
Also the tone of the film was bizarre at moments, uncertain direction from Hardwicke which is again disappointing considering the caliber of some of her other films.
It was a good way to waste an afternoon thanks to a charismatic cast but I ultimately ended up leaving frustrated because of elemental flaws that should have been picked up by at least a producer or script supervisor.
Cremaster 5 (1997)
I disagree with the person above
*Spoiler! I beg to differ with the above comment, I saw this as part of a Film Society screening in New Zealand and was completely blown away. It is definitely not a film that many could sit through as there is no spoken word narrative. But I think we have to understand Barney as a visual artist testing the very boundaries of what we consider film. Film is not just a 90 minute Hollywood Blockbuster, headlining actors, shot-reverse-shot formulas, believability and "realism" ...this film is incredibly beautiful, each shot is composed in a way that I found I just couldn't pry my eyes from the screen. Great colour palette, well choreographed and fantastically imaginative, I am so glad I got to see this rare film, it will stay with me for a long time.