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Winter Light (1962)
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"This is the first film I've seen by director Larisa Shepitko Voskhozhdeniye (The Ascent) Discovering films like this is one of the greatest joys in life. Films that are so transcendent that they are able to fully reflect the completeness of the human condition in whatever aspect of life they are depicting. I'm also a sucker for stark winter landscapes. There's something about the starkness, bleakness, and danger of it all that seems to open everything up, take it to the edge, and lay it bare. Like Fargo, or Winter Light, or the final installment of the Human Condition (good name) series. Just having that landscape is by no means a given for a great movie though (was just recently disappointed by Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors), if anything it gets me in a certain mood that now must be fulfilled. The main themes have to do with how important are certain causes. What causes are worth dying for. When is a cause mo "
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"Always, always behind I am. The weekend before the Oscars, I made a desperate attempt to catch up on the nominated films. I quite enjoyed The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, even though the film was almost as long as its name. Casey Affleck ("Gone Baby Gone")once again shows he's the real actor in the family. Gorgeous cinematography, the ever glorious Sam Rockwell ("Snow Angels"), and an interesting look at how a man can chose to betray his idol complete the package. In the Valley of Elah wore on my patience almost from the first scene. Of course, Tommy Lee Jones ("No Country for Old Men") and Susan Sarandon ("Enchanted") were awesome, but Charlize Theron ("Aeon Flux") is as drab as the scenery. The story should have been interesting, if not tense. A soldier disappears from base after returning from Iraq and his father goes to look for him. And it sort of tries for a message. But I blame Paul Haggis (& ... "
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"Winter light is a film so beautiful in every way. Amazing performances in this one. Photographed by Bergman regular, Sven Nykvist, the composition of the shots tell much of the story. Many scenes are given power because of the lighting alone. I always find it frightening when a man of God loses his faith. To turn your back on everything he has built his life on? Like Wild Strawberries, I find that this film ends with hope. The best scene where a man questions The Pastor about the last moments of Jesus's life, and compares the physical pain to the pain of being forsaken by God. God's silence must be the most painful experience. "
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