Memoria

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Emma S @RT83606305 May 11, 2025 Well, that's 2 hours of my life I'll never get back. Definitely one for the hardcore slow pace lovers with no real good payoff at the end. Was good to see Tilda again and it was very much in the directors classic meditation on nature style, similar to Kurosawa but with still images instead of slow pans. It got 90% on the critics review but I think they were all arty film lovers. Oh well, good to watch something different I guess. See more Adam W @RT70521003 Dec 6, 2024 Wow, not to everyone's taste, but weirdly entrancing. Breaks all the rules about pacing and lack of coherence but I can say I enjoyed it, if only for it's difference to anything I can remember seeing. For me the only thing I can say I really didn't like was the cause of the boom, won't say anything more for risk of spoiling how you see the film. See more Remi C @RT59887613 Aug 1, 2024 This was the worst movie I’ve ever seen in my entire life. I wouldn’t even wish a viewing of this on my worst enemy. Please don’t put yourself through the torture. Nothing made sense and I’ll never get those 2 hours back. See more Vil H @RT90179841 Oct 16, 2023 Memoria is a movie you wish you would forget. I tried very hard to dig it, empathise with it, see the director's perspective, to no avail. It's a completely oddball flick. Tedious. Borderline pointless. And pretentious. The takeaway is: two hours of your life that will disappear in the ether for no apparent reason. See more Roberto S @RT34749519 Sep 12, 2023 136 minutes of random scenes with excruciatingly (and unnecesary) long static and silent shots that end up going nowhere, some pseudo-poetic dialogue and a wasted opportunity for Tilda Swinton to show her well-known capabilities as an actress since her character is in a perennial confused state with a catatonic expression on her face and barely saying a word. Most of the scenes stretch far, far, far too long, e.g. a guy sitting in a chair working in a sound console FOR MORE THAN 10 MINUTES, a 2-plus minutes of Swinton waking up in her darkened room and many more moments like that. There's no discernible story beyond the protagonist hearing a random "boom" sound every now and then. Make no mistake, this is not a "contemplative" movie but an utterly pretentious and soporific one (the rave reviews from many critics just reveal their own pretentiousness as well) that panders to self-important film festivals. If you're looking for a truly meditative cinematic experience watch Bergman's The Silence, Kore-eda's Maborosi, DeBlois' Heima or any other sincere work from a director who really want to create an immersive story instead of selling themselves as a "profound and artistic visionary". As a bonus, I leave you with the most hilarious excerpts of some pompous reviews from people who, unlike me, have achieved a heightened state of artistic and philosophic enlightenment: - "A spiritual and sensorial journey that explores the cosmic bond between humans and nature, past and present, and life and death". - "An untransferable experience that is also shared simultaneously, much like the epiphany of a memory that we remember as our own." - ""What was that sound?” is another way of asking: What do I know about the material world and how it behaves?" - "Memoria is a psychedelically inspired allegory, an impressionistic inquiry into human existence, including ignorance and insight, suffering and enlightenment." See more Danielle T @RT65902796 Sep 3, 2023 Film extraordinaire, sensible, poétique et mystérieux qui parle du passé et de la façon dont il nous influence jusque dans nos gènes et même notre âme, et comment il nous éveille à d'autres réalités plus intérieures, plus sensibles. Si vous avez la chance de le voir en salle, profitez-en ! See more Read all reviews

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