In Reply to: 'III: The Ritual' : A healthy does of Russian surrealism . . . posted by Billy Wonka on October 30, 2016 at 11:52:40:
I liked it. The nightmarish, dreamlike states during the "mind melds" reminded me a bit of David Lynch's efforts along these lines too. The ending was slightly weak (it's as if weak endings are unavoidable in movies these days!), but certainly not as weak as some I've seen. I thought some of the cinematography was beautiful too. And, as you imply, it's so nice to find a film these days with surreal/horror elements, but without any dumb screaming teens or chainsaws! Thanks for the heads up!
(BTW, I thought Aiya was more of a babe than Mirra!)
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Follow Ups
- Watched it earlier tonight, based on your recommendation - Chris from Lafayette 00:04:28 11/01/16 (4)
- Surrealism - the last refuge of an inept artist - Victor Khomenko 07:11:59 11/01/16 (3)
- Mr Boyar, you liked "Hard To Be A God" which was ....... - Billy Wonka 08:55:42 11/01/16 (2)
- "Mr Boyar, you liked "Hard To Be A God"" Hmmmmm... where did you get THAT? - Victor Khomenko 10:48:32 11/01/16 (0)
- I was going to say that too - talk about crap (literally)! [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 10:00:28 11/01/16 (0)