(964 MB, DVD quality, 24 fps, 82 mins long, with Richard Einhorn's famous choral soundtrack "Voices of Light")
Version 2 download:
(4.39 GB, Bluray quality, 20 fps, 96 mins long, with orchestral soundtrack)
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960)
The Piano (1993)
The Hours (2002)
The Passion of Joan of Arc
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely amazing acting apart from tons of powder :whistle: Loved the way director played with shadows and light!
The Passion of Joan of Arc
ReplyDeleteI found this film very hard to watch, so upsetting... :(
The only thing that wasn't perfect was the fact that the lead actress was much older than she was supposed to be, but her performance makes you forget about that! :hatoff:
Passion of Joan:
ReplyDeleteOne of the most remarkable artistic achievements in cinema of all time, still today over 80 years later and to be able to watch it on bluray now is really amazing. The abstract set and the compositions of close-ups of faces was pure modernist art, but at the heart the film is about a real breathing person, Falconetti is incredile as the peasant girl Joan, not Joan the saint or the symbol, but a real human whose emotions we feel through every shot of her face.
When a woman ascends....
ReplyDeleteWhat a display of the great depths of Japanese cinema when a master like Naruse, who made so many films that are deemed masterpieces by Japanese cinema experts, is barely even known about outside Japan. This film was a fine piece of social realism and feminism but never boring for a second, primarily because of the fine acting and human interactions conveyed so deftly.
The Piano:
ReplyDeleteAnother stunning feminist film and by a female director for once :hatoff: Nyman's score is highly memorable but it's Holly Hunter and Campion's directing that make this such a captivating experience.
The Hours:
ReplyDeleteEnjoyed this film a lot more than I thought I would! The themes were far more interesting in this than in about 99% of recent Oscar winners, they were quite deep existential ones but in a sense so basic that they affect everyone since they were about the way we live, and what we owe or don't owe to those we love. An excellent film and out of the 4 probably the one as a former-Board member, that I would least likely have picked, so I'm grateful for that.