When Borges became a film director

Amparo 2022-03-19 09:01:04

South American cinema is full of the usual magical realism. Even a simple and bland murder case is full of mystery because of the director's twisted and bizarre narrative. This way of telling one story within another has always fascinated me. So when Irene put down the novel and looked at Exposto with her green eyes, I pressed the Pause button of Storm Video, and I was really reluctant to look down.

The most moving part of the whole play is the pursuit process on the football field. For the whole 20 minutes, I didn't even dare to blink - this is where the director's skills really test. Simple or even crude pursuit, but the filming takes people's souls.

As the story progresses, the film rewinds to the original train farewell scene - which turns out to be the last scene. After all, it's a love movie. In those vicissitudes of life, what I see is the love that has accumulated for 25 years.

In the end, I didn't see the "30 minutes of twists and turns" that could meet expectations. Compared to the previous mystery, the final hole card couldn't help but look a little thin after a series of gorgeous montages. The magic from I fear to I love you seems a bit far-fetched to me. The director seems to have suddenly changed. The "Julian" type of plot I was looking for didn't come up. Couldn't help but be a little disappointed.

Finally, one star for Irene's beauty, one star for the first 90 minutes of psychedelics, and one star for the confession that came 25 years late. One star for Argentina's beautiful oil painting scenery.

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Extended Reading
  • Rosalee 2021-11-12 08:01:16

    In the last half hour of the movie, I saw what it means to be a master of strength and a thousand repetitions... the most brilliant and memorable masterpiece in the 2009 non-English film. "Memory is the last thing we have left, at least pick good ones. You think if you can stop all of this from happening at the beginning, then you will live in the past and have no future. Forget about it, or you will It will only leave memories."

  • Hassie 2022-03-23 09:01:34

    We seek the truth, not only because of the truth itself, but more importantly, why we seek it. Although this film is positioned as a suspense film, it is not like Grandma's novel, which has a shocking reversal at the end, and the ending can even be said to be inexplicable. What's more difficult to understand is the scenery along the way. In addition, the god-like long shot is also a must-see.

The Secret in Their Eyes quotes

  • Ricardo Morales: If you keep going over the past, you're going to end up with a thousand pasts and no future.

  • [first words, handwritten, from English subtitles]

    Benjamín Esposito: He ran to the end of the train and watched as her figure, once gigantic, now shrank in his eyes, but grew more than ever in his heart.