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Berberian Sound Studio (2012)
a masterpiece
One of the most original movies I have seen this year in a field of tired and trite movies: a twisted, tormented plot. Refreshing to watch. The acting is tremendous. Berberian Sound Studio is one of the strangest films I saw this year. And for much of its running time, it was also one of the most beautiful. It's hard to say what it is exactly. On a simple level, it's an homage to the great, art-inspired Italian horror movies of the seventies (films with evocatively ridiculous names like Lizard in a Woman's Skin, Iguana With the Tongue of Fire, and my all-time favorite title, Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key), but it's a bloodless one. There are no bad guys, and no real violence. Refreshing! Horror fiends looking for cheap thrills may be disappointed. But those with a flair for the unique will find themselves unnerved and riveted by this beautiful film.
Stone Time Touch (2007)
a beautiful and nuanced work
A masterful documentary by one of the most original contemporary film makers. I saw this film at the Berlin international film festival. It is a layered and incongruous work that captures the lives of the inhabitants of the country, most of them are the women of Armenia. It is also the story of a Canadian Armenian returning to her imagined homeland to see what it is really like. The film's images are at times surreal, at times melancholic, defiant and celebratory. Seeing it inspired me to visit the country. A complex and beautifully nuanced work. The editing is highly polished, the soundtrack moving, the camera work is outstanding. What draws you in above is the honesty of the images and director's iconoclastic vision.