A compliment to "The Cocktail Party"

Dorthy 2022-03-27 09:01:18

I like stage plays very much, so I pay special attention to this kind of stage play-style movies, and it is very enjoyable to watch. The work of British female director Sally Potter in 2017, the whole film is only 71 minutes. The black and white film is presented, which is very catchy from the beginning. A close-up of the huge copper beast door knocker, the door slammed open, a woman with a mix of complex expressions looked at you, and suddenly raised a gun at you. The entire film is set in the kitchen, toilet, living room and garden of an apartment. 7 characters with different souls and identities, politicians, professors, spiritual teachers, realists, lesbians, and businessmen, from four middle-class families, with a terminal illness that raises various topics and contradictions, with a person who never shows up String the whole film. The film is full of satirical comedy and humor, with constant laughter throughout the movie theater and bursts of applause from time to time. While laughing, I also appreciate people's confusion about real life, confusion about life, and confusion about love and human nature. The whole plot is interlocking and reversing, which is very catchy, the lines are extremely beautiful, and the actors' precise grasp and performance of the characters are amazing. I especially like the close-ups of many characters in it, as well as the unique charm of light and shadow in black and white films, as well as the elegant screen layout. This is a rare good film, especially for students who like stage plays or lines, I recommend it!

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Extended Reading
  • Issac 2022-03-14 14:12:27

    The 71-minute competition film is undoubtedly a bonus. When I first saw the title of the film, I thought, it’s not just another room where people arguing, and the result is really true. How should I put it, the lines are funny, and the movie-watching atmosphere is also very good, but I don’t like it much, at least it can’t be called a masterpiece, right? The construction of drama conflict is very straightforward. As a confined space, there is no wonderful scheduling. The basic skills are available, but the spirituality is still insufficient. What if Bunuel or Polanski came to shoot?

  • Kaitlin 2022-04-22 07:01:47

    It was as if a sip of liquor had choked into his throat. Short and powerful. Another three-in-one masterpiece. It is still the uneasiness of holding the camera and the relationship between the characters that are constantly being sorted out. Marianne, who never shows up throughout, has a faint hint of Rebecca. The beauty of Scott Thomas is late, but she is unequivocal when she fights, and she regrets it after the fight, cute. The vinyl record is so cute, and the bgm is very suitable.

The Party quotes

  • Martha: I guess we're going to be a collective. Just when I got used to the idea of us being a couple.

    Jinny: Martha! We're going to be a *family*.

  • April: Babies, excuse me Jinny, Martha, babies get born every day in extremely large numbers to the point of endangering the planet and all our futures. It's not every day, however, that one of us becomes a minister. In your entirely rotten and useless opposition party.