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In Reply to: "Noi (or Noi Albino):" please, please do yourself a favor and posted by tinear on August 7, 2006 at 16:36:51:
It's a nice snapshot of life in another culture showing what happens to a really smart guy brought up in a dead end socialist world.What was fun was him doing his tricks to pass the sobriety test. Now, that is news you can use.
Ex nihilo, nihil fit . . .
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Sure, one could see this film only as a coming-of-age film with some hilarious scenes. But it is so much more.
Remember the opening scene? Now, recall the ending.
How about the walkie-talkie scene in the graveyard? Remember what Kierkegaard means? How about the quotes the man read from him? And... did you perhaps think Noi may have been a Messianic figure, with the priest talking to him in non-specific ways (the directional confusion with "east")? You do recall Noi rising from the "dead," from his "sepulchre?"
The director says he left much ambiguous, purposefully, yet that doesn't mean he didn't craft meaning.
Even if one views it at face value, the character of Noi is an unforgettable one and takes his place in film history.
Though it doesn't mean I'll like a film, it is hard to discount the many, many top prizes this won upon release in 2003.
The music, composed by the director, is beautiful.
Ferris Bueller? Trash.
Rushmore? Same.
This is a gem that doesn't need Hollywood or Indie-type overreacting, overacting, over-writing, or any exaggeration.
It is a small work, as most of those of Vermeer were, but it similarly is perfect.
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