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Let's Call It A Bromance
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Victoria (2015)
Victoria (2015)Quote: Victoria is a 2015 German drama film directed by Sebastian Schipper, starring Laia Costa and Frederick Lau. It was screened in the main competition section of the 65th Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution for Cinematography. It received the German Film Award in six categories, including Best Feature Film. It has also been selected to be shown in the Special Presentations section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. It was one of eight films shortlisted by Germany to be their submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards. However, it lost out to Labyrinth of Lies, after it was disqualified by the Academy because of its high percentage of English dialogue. It is noteworthy for its filming style, with the final cut constituted of a single continuous take.
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Tue Dec 22, 2015 9:16 pm |
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Dr. Lecter
You must have big rats
Joined: Sat Oct 16, 2004 4:28 pm Posts: 92093 Location: Bonn, Germany
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Re: Victoria (2015)
Definitely not boring
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Tue Dec 22, 2015 9:31 pm |
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David
Pure Phase
Joined: Tue Feb 15, 2005 7:33 am Posts: 34865 Location: Maryland
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Re: Victoria (2015)
An incredible technical achievement! Which, on a more problematic note, is also a film with a story. The title character is a Spanish girl (Laia Costa) living in Berlin. One night, she leaves a nightclub, encounters an unruly group of men, flirts with one (Frederick Lau), and joins them for an early-morning heist, resulting in a whirlwind chase through the city as the police close in. Every moment of this ordeal is captured in a single, continuous, nearly two-and-a-half-hour shot. There is not a single cut. The result is bold and hypnotic. There are moments when one cannot help but pause and whisper, "Holy shit, this is still the same winding-and-darting shot from an hour ago!" But the ease with which Victoria is recruited to participate in a life-or-death criminal Hail Mary strains credulity, and there are points when the real-time requirement results in tedium (conventional cinema can collapse time...and leave out the tooth-brushing).
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Tue Dec 22, 2015 9:33 pm |
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Dr. Lecter
You must have big rats
Joined: Sat Oct 16, 2004 4:28 pm Posts: 92093 Location: Bonn, Germany
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Re: Victoria (2015)
It is an amazing movie during the first hour...before the whole heist shit starts. The performances are so natural and it captures the feeling of being in Berlin so very very well. Laia Costa is a revelation and I could have just watched her with the guys for two and a half hours. But then it descends into, well, what it becomes and that is just so unnecessary...
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Tue Dec 22, 2015 9:36 pm |
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Dr. Lecter
You must have big rats
Joined: Sat Oct 16, 2004 4:28 pm Posts: 92093 Location: Bonn, Germany
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Re: Victoria (2015)
That being said, it is STILL the best German film I have seen all year (okay, competition wasn't crazy) and it is a shame that it will get zero recognition for its cinematography Stateside. Unlike Birdman's good-looking trickery, it is all real here. They shot the entire film three times and what we see is the third take.
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Tue Dec 22, 2015 9:38 pm |
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Price
Gamaur's sex slave
Joined: Tue Dec 20, 2005 7:15 pm Posts: 8889 Location: Los Pollos Hermanos
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Re: Victoria (2015)
Dr. Lecter wrote: That being said, it is STILL the best German film I have seen all year. Nicht Kartoffelsalat?
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Wed Dec 23, 2015 4:04 am |
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Dr. Lecter
You must have big rats
Joined: Sat Oct 16, 2004 4:28 pm Posts: 92093 Location: Bonn, Germany
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Re: Victoria (2015)
Price wrote: Dr. Lecter wrote: That being said, it is STILL the best German film I have seen all year. Nicht Kartoffelsalat? Bruder vor Luder!
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Wed Dec 23, 2015 5:23 am |
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jmovies
Let's Call It A Bromance
Joined: Tue Aug 07, 2007 7:22 pm Posts: 12333
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Re: Victoria (2015)
Man was this intense. Costa is something else and I can't wait to see her in more films moving forward. Yeah the first half is better than the second and about 20-30 minutes could have been cut but when there is momentum in this film it fires on all cylinders.
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