Songs From the Second Floor

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Courtney K gosh; another one i just could not get through. it's either not my jam or i just wasn't in the mood. i wanted to fall asleep almost immediately. maybe if you stick it out something cool happens, but all i caught was a bunch of sad people being depressed. Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 05/30/23 Full Review jordan m This reminded me a lot of Deadmau5. Dude wears an absurd mouse costume throughout his performances and he's obviously highly skilled, but his music (and this movie) just did not hit the spot for me. I was fully engrossed for the entire first half but toward the end the novelty had worn off and the quality of the jokes had reduced to a point where when the credits rolled I was glad it was over. The filmmaking style was unique and unforgettable enough that I'm equally glad that I did see it, but knowing that this is the first part of a trilogy has me quite worried that the next two installments will not be very interesting. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member The dark gloom of the new millennium focuses on the irrelevance of Jesus and society's lost, directionless, macabre search for meaning and salvation without religion. The palette is grey throughout and it is depressing but also amusing in places in its absurdism. Not one I'll want to watch again because it's just too glib even if it was well made. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Audience Member Andersson's strange and haunting comedy recalls Tati and Samuel Beckett. The comic tone threads throughout but it becomes clearer that this is allegory: the pallor and bleached production design, the religious symbolism, the mystery of where events are taking place, the locked-off camera, the black comedy of life itself and its essential meaninglessness. Ingmar Bergman, meet Buster Keaton. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review Audience Member The static camera and interesting figures as well as the different setpieces that appear without warning succeed in engaging and surprising. Andersson has put a lot of good ideas into this film, resulting in several resonant, interesting as well as funny moments. Nevertheless, I felt that the apathy permeating the film outstayed its welcome, given that the point was already clear pretty early on. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review Carlo R Un hombre grita a su hijo mientras à (C)ste recita un poema a su hermano que pareciera totalmente insensible a cualquier estímulo, al mismo tiempo que el furioso encargado de un hospital despoja de su bata a un mï¿ 1/2 (C)dico y le pregunta: "What kind of nonsese is this?" La misma pregunta me formulo una y otra vez mientras miro la película. Irónicamente, en la aparente carencia de sentido de este filme, se encuentra su secreto. Andersson es dueño de un estilo muy particular. Elementos surrealistas, humor satírico y situaciones absurdas. Un ritmo sumamente pausado, pero que contribuye al estilo. Esta cinta termina por convertirse en un curioso ejercicio de excentricidad que se vale de una trama poco frecuente y personalidades atípicas para permitirse explorar la naturaleza humana. Si existe un espacio en donde convive lo extravagante, con lo simbólico, el performance y lo ridículo, entonces esta película tiene su lugar. A pesar del intenso trasfondo psicológico y filosófico de la película, no podemos pasar por alto las virtudes tï¿ 1/2 (C)cnicas que quedan en evidencia a lo largo del filme Como ejemplo tenemos el interesante trabajo fotográfico que evita la mayor parte del tiempo los primeros y medios planos, así como la notable capacidad de Andersson para dirigir una gran cantidad de actores de manera simultánea y en situaciones poco comunes. Si bien la película resulta sumamente simbólica e interesante, conforme pasa el tiempo, termina por ahogarse en su propio estilo, llegando al punto en que los últimos minutos del filme parecieran ser simplemente una serie de sketches donde la lentitud y la extrañeza son los protagonistas. Es una película con una enorme cantidad de elementos a analizar y un estilo peculiar, sin embargo su premisa y la manera en la que maneja dichos elementos la convierten en una cinta de difícil asimilación y con una falta de balance que al final resulta inevitable. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 05/12/19 Full Review Read all reviews

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