I just happened to borrow them from the library, and what a pair to pick: excellent movies (particularly Exotica, which I just finished), but I feel completely drained right now (and it’s been days since I watched Babel).
I’m lucky: I can forget for long stretches how much some people suffer. I’m healthier when I do. Otherwise I take too much in; I can lose perspective.
Exotica reminded me of Twin Peaks at times. Inland Empire left me longing for more — more Lynch; more in general; more Mulholland Dr., no doubt — and I did enjoy reminiscing over Blue Velvet and Lost Highway at the Mayfair a few months ago, but now I’m thinking that Egoyan’s work could also sate some of that; the only other one I’ve seen to date is The Sweet Hereafter (which I also enjoyed, although not as much as Exotica).
I’ve seen Bruce Greenwood many times (including Nowhere Man), and, frankly, I didn’t know he had this performance in him. He was second only to Elias Koteas, in my opinion, who absolutely shone as Eric.
And, speaking of amazing performances, Rinko Kikuchi as Chieko in Babel was heartbreaking: there was so much suffering in that movie, but her silent anguish will stay with me for a long time, I know.
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