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Palindromes (2004)
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"I have seen this movie. Yes, I stomached the entire movie. Is this a badge of honor? No, there is no honor in this. Let me explain. This is like saying I stood by and watched a kitten getting tortured. Don't get me wrong. I have a great tolerance for filmmakers & controversial films & so I've heard a lot of people don't like cats (maybe they are dog people). Well I guess I'm not a fan of mixing little girls with sex. Call me intolerant or a close-minded censor- a man has to have some standards. That being said I am annoyed at the idea of even thinking about producing this movie much less making it & then distributing it. I am never a fan of censorship (and that isn't the point here at all), but to use my example of a kitten being tortured... who would make a film about this particular subject without denouncing the acts in the film & who would dare say afterwards that they enjoyed watching it? That is worse than not denoucing it during ... "
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"I'd like to know the story behind this. I almost put this on my "Movies I want to see list", in fact I think I did have it there...and then I removed it. I had never heard of this movie before - who didn't want to see this and/or why shouldn't it be seen? "
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Palindromes and Point of View
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"Palindromes I cannot help feeling that the stories of many different and potentially inarticulate people are more interesting than a contrived narrative that exists only in one articulate man's imagination. - John Cassavetes In my experience, I have found it to be hands down, every time easiest to remove dimension from the people in my life and reduce them down to either the greatest thing they've ever done or the worst thing they've ever done. I think the same goes for filmmaking. It is far easier for a director to remove dimension from the characters he is working with. However, honest compassion for The Other has always risen up in me when I can see beyond the best or worst thing about that person. This "contrived narrative" is the norm for most American films, it's The Director's story that the audience is allowed to sit in on. Like in The Cider House Rules, a hero character goes on a journey. Along the way he gains wisdom and switches sides from anti-abortion to pr ... "
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"'Palindromes' was probably the oddest film I have seen so far, but I kind of liked it. Every controversial topic, from abortion to sex to pedophilia is in it, and although you may have opinions on these topics it really makes you question them. The whole "let's change the main character’s actress every scene" was not as weird as you might imagine... it just further emphasized the point of the film that it doesn’t matter what you look like or how you appear to others, you're always the same person no matter what age you are, no matter how you change your appearance - you can't change who you are. I read somewhere that this was showing us how Aviva [the main character] kept viewing herself differently, but I took it more along the lines of looks don't matter, only personality really counts. Towards the end of the film a supporting charactor sums up this whole idea quite nicely.As dark as it is, there are a couple funny parts, although ... "
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