5/9/2023 0 Comments Road to nowhere movieThe film constantly toys with us, featuring a very meta film-within-a-film plot with characters shifting motivations and intentions from scene to scene. It’s a film that seem to demand a rewatch to comprehend, but on second thought, maybe it won’t. So begins Road to Nowhere, a dense and intricate neo-noir that always withholds a crucial piece of the puzzle from the viewer. Exit car once more and regard the lake, until a plane crashes into the water. Back in the car for more driving, until she stops again at a lake. The woman stops in a tunnel, gets out of the car and cries. The intro credits include no recognizable names, not even Sossamon’s. Exit the woman and roll intro credits as she gets in the car and drives away. The camera lingers on the building for a long time, and then a gun shot is heard. A man arrives by car and enters the house. Is it this film? We now see a woman ( Shannyn Sossamon) sitting on a bed blow-drying her nails. On the disc is scribbled the words “Road to Nowhere”, and a film starts playing on the computer screen. Road to Nowhere starts with someone inserting a disc into a laptop. Among these, one describes his approach to films he find hard to grasp: just describe what you see. In it, he shares a few tips for reviewing movies. I recently finished reading film critic Roger Ebert‘s memoirs “Life Itself”. I’ve had more fun discussing the film with people afterwards than I had watching it. Carrie has more wide-spread acclaim, which made it all the more disappointing to me. While I did like Withnail & I less than Carrie, that one seems to be more of a cult classic than anything. “What’s The Big Deal?” Award for A Beloved Film That Left Me Underwhelmed But that baby putting out a fire by wetting himself really stood out. Hard-Boiled was pretty kick-ass all around and could have gotten a shout-out for plenty of different things. As for the performance itself? A bit rough around the edges perhaps, but full of energy and enthusiasm. And yet there she was in Peter Jackson‘s teen murder drama Heavenly Creatures, her arrival on the big screen loudly heralded in the opening credits. It kind of feels like Kate Winslet has been around forever, always turning in great performances. Winner: Kate Winslet – Heavenly Creatures Rewatches need not apply.Īnd now, on with the show! Most Eyebrow-Raising “And Introducing” Credit Award I saw great films like Man on Wire and A Single Man, and I saw crap like Season of the Witch.įor these awards, I’m only counting films I saw for the first time in 2011. I watched highly regarded classics like Casablanca, The French Connection and the Alfred Hitchcock films Vertigo and Rear Window, as well as newer stuff like the brunt of the Best Picture Oscar nominees from the last ceremony. I saw my first ever Charlie Chaplin movie ( The Gold Rush) and got my first glimpse of Audrey Hepburn in Wait Until Dark. I saw my first ever films from Belgium, Brazil, Greece and Russia ( Ben X, City of God, Dogtooth and Night Watch, respectively). A lot of it is from recent years, but I did check out a couple of older “you haven’t seen that one!?” flicks too. This year I watched 229 movies I hadn’t seen before, from 19 different countries with release dates spanning from 1925 to 2011. A bunch of random categories will be conjured for whatever films I feel like singling out for one reason or another. Thus, I present A Swede Talks Movies’ The Films I Watched In 2011 Awards! Or ASTMTFIWI2K11A, if you’re into the whole brevity thing. So rather than reflecting strictly on the films released this year, I’d like to reflect on all the films I saw this year. A list like that from me is still a good half year away from meaning anything. I won’t be doing that, because I haven’t seen nearly enough films of 2011 yet. As the year is approaching its end, it’s customary for bloggers and critics alike to do a top ten list of the best movies of the year.
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