MOVIES : Badlands
With Martin Sheen (looking like James Dean, on purpose) and Sissy Spacek.
This film really caught my attention, in a very different way to what I expected. I am really enjoying these surprises that I see at the NFT, walking in with 90's/00's expectations, and walking out having experienced a whole other thing entirely.
This film is one of subtleties and contrasts. For example, throughout the movie Sissy gives a monotone voice over, and yet she is often talking about very emotional things. She is also often talking about things that we don't see on screen, specifically the 'caring' side of Martin's character - and so it is only through these monologues that we can understand her love for him at all.
Martin is a 'rebel with a cause', and ends up deciding that, after shotting Sissy's father in a bit of a fit (very nice scene - the most emotional that Martin gets is when his mind is telling his conciousness that he has to shoot this man in front of him, but drops it as soon as the deed is done), he might as well take advantage of it and get his 5 minutes in the sun.
So they go on a road trip, with Martin shooting lots of people for no good reason, with no emotion at all, until he's fullfill's his infamy fantasy. All the time Sissy tags along, not really having any will to do anything; run, stay, love, hate. In the end it's almost boredom that drives her away.
I really liked this film (can you tell) in an ambiance kind of way, certainly hasn't changed the world or made me think about anything except the film itself, but that was enough in this case.
This film really caught my attention, in a very different way to what I expected. I am really enjoying these surprises that I see at the NFT, walking in with 90's/00's expectations, and walking out having experienced a whole other thing entirely.
This film is one of subtleties and contrasts. For example, throughout the movie Sissy gives a monotone voice over, and yet she is often talking about very emotional things. She is also often talking about things that we don't see on screen, specifically the 'caring' side of Martin's character - and so it is only through these monologues that we can understand her love for him at all.
Martin is a 'rebel with a cause', and ends up deciding that, after shotting Sissy's father in a bit of a fit (very nice scene - the most emotional that Martin gets is when his mind is telling his conciousness that he has to shoot this man in front of him, but drops it as soon as the deed is done), he might as well take advantage of it and get his 5 minutes in the sun.
So they go on a road trip, with Martin shooting lots of people for no good reason, with no emotion at all, until he's fullfill's his infamy fantasy. All the time Sissy tags along, not really having any will to do anything; run, stay, love, hate. In the end it's almost boredom that drives her away.
I really liked this film (can you tell) in an ambiance kind of way, certainly hasn't changed the world or made me think about anything except the film itself, but that was enough in this case.
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