kathantrivedi

Gaspar Noe's ETV isn't a movie you'd see very often made. It's almost unlike anything you've ever seen. The opening 30-35 minutes have some of the most breathtaking cinematography I've seen and I thought I had seen it all but no it gets better, idk how it was shot, maybe drones, maybe small sets made big with some camera trick but whatever it was, it was trippy, the camera barely stops in this film and it's almost 3 hours long.

Apart from all this camera work and other technical mastery, this film (so far) is Noe's most hard hitting and mature film, I think Vortex will be my most favorite of his, can't wait to see it, but for now this movie outshines everything he's made. It's perfect.

After the first act gets over and the "plot" begins, the film takes a lot of time to explain the backstories of the characters, one might call this part boring and it's understandable upto an extent because some scenes weren't really needed but as the scenes progress with top quality camerawork and little to no background music, you get uneasy, you feel something insane and trippy is going to happen.

This film deals with life and death for the most part but it also has so many heartfelt brother sister moments which I hadn't expected from someone like Noe, there are some really strong scenes in the 2nd act that really changed the image of Noe in my mind.

I can go on but no one's reading it anyways so tada.

Edit- I just got to know, fkn cranes were used to film this.

I saw Scenes of a marriage recently and have never stopped thinking about it since. The way it deals with the relationship story revolving around divorce is masterful. This unlike marriage story (similar type) isn't sad or emotional, this is depressing and it's beauty lies in the dialogues. The realistic take on love and relationships is never easy but this despite having a foreign language absorbed me in a way I hadn't imagined.

The camera work is really nice and the close-up shots made the film feel less like a movie and more like a scene happening in front of you.

I was really hyped for the latest hbo show which is a remakes of this but now after watching this, I don't think it will be as good as this, maybe an American style will be different but this is otherwordly.

Bergman's true essence lies in a deep study of the human condition which was very clear from Winter Light (my first Bergman) and his films are known to be depressing and leave a deep impact on the viewer and this is exactly what this did.

Both the characters were brilliantly written and how they react to their circumstances was really outstanding. The pacing is handled really well it just doesn't feel like a 3 hour long story about a couple talking.

After watching this, I could see how much of an inspiration it has served to some of my favourite movies of the same type.

Before Midnight took a realistic turn by escaping from the fantasised romance, Marriage story was also inspired from this and I am glad that I finally saw this movie.

The acting also was flawless by both the leads and it surely needs masterclass to portray such complex characters.