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Zahrada (1968)
Short film - lots of meaning
This short film catches you off guard. The film starts with what you are to believe are a couple of friends going for a ride in a car on the country side. They are laughing joking with each other. You don't really get what is going on, but you make assumptions that they are good friends. Josef is the driver of the car and Frank is the passenger. After the drive they pull up into a long, one way, dirt driveway but are stopped right away by a hurse leaving the home. After they arrive at the home, there is a fence around there home made entirely of people. Alive and well, they are all holding hands. Frank is a little confused by this, but keeps his mouth shut. Josef goes on and on about how great his rabbits are and acting like there is nothing wrong with his "fence." THroughout the film Frank sees an opening in the fence and sees what is going on. He gets mad at Josef and joins the fence and fills the hole.
I like how Jan Svankmajer is making a large poke at the government. He is making a quite point that this is how they work. They pull you in with "come see my rabbits" and then you see what is really going on and by the time you want to leave you are already joined in.
This is a great short film and has a powerful message. I think it is a must see!
Le fantôme de la liberté (1974)
"Father of Surealism"
I'd like to start off by saying, I really enjoyed this film. Before I saw the film, I got a summery of Luis Buñuel and how he was the "Father of Surealism." A couple things are that he thought that films did not have to follow the rules of logic. He also used a lot of religious symbols in sort of an offending way.
After seeing the film, I really enjoyed it. The church and the wealthy are Buñuel's main targets. He also presents the film to make us think 'what if what they are doing is really not that wrong?' He makes the film watcher think about what is really right and wrong and why, if wrong, is it wrong.
Ran (1985)
Ran
Just like the story of "King Lear" this film is based around siblings trying to take of their father's power and fortune and ultimately ripping them and their father apart. Greed applies to a lot of this film/characters. Lust for power and human relation to the gods are evident in every scene.
What is amazing to me about this film (plot and story aside) is that Kurosawa uses NO close-ups. The medium shots he used lasted about 3 seconds while all the long/far away shots lasted 1 minute to 1 1/2 minutes. All of the battle scenes were shot with a long lens. Kurosawa is known to use emotion through nature and colors. When the father and son die together in the end, it is a very boring landscape with an ery feel to it. All the voices have an echo to them.