tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post482277170756523508..comments2024-03-23T21:46:50.843-04:00Comments on the passionate moviegoer: arguablyjoe baltakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11467420961490314339noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-76705970546054797352014-10-14T09:43:26.291-04:002014-10-14T09:43:26.291-04:00Arthur's use of the word surrealist made me th...Arthur's use of the word surrealist made me think. I went to see "Annabelle" only because I liked James Wan's "The Conjuring." I didn't expect much from a killer doll movie and was surprised how much Leonetti did with the material and how little he uses the doll. "Surreal" didn't come to mind. However, thinking about it, the heroine's journey of dread in the film has a moral/spiritual quality about it, perhaps not "avant-garde" when we think of surreal films, but there's something definitely there. I'd like to see what Leonetti can do without the narrative restrictions that he faced here.davenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-5329488190031794342014-10-14T07:44:54.702-04:002014-10-14T07:44:54.702-04:00Leonetti's handling of the central premise cer...Leonetti's handling of the central premise certainly recalls "Repulsion." The doll just gets in the way of what the film is really about.Alexnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-80103689398210602272014-10-13T22:15:01.434-04:002014-10-13T22:15:01.434-04:00Yes, a haunting movie. I like that it deals with t...Yes, a haunting movie. I like that it deals with the nature of identity and, you said, has a strange dreamy atmosphere to it. It's not about the doll at all.Pattynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-92233706983622079202014-10-13T18:15:54.103-04:002014-10-13T18:15:54.103-04:00You’ll get no "Annabelle"-bashing from m...You’ll get no "Annabelle"-bashing from me, Joe. For a first-time director, Leonetti is a surprisingly non-dogmatic surrealist. Good film. I agree - the doll can go.Arthur Pendarvisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-85094731718159264992014-10-13T10:19:29.714-04:002014-10-13T10:19:29.714-04:00If I hadn't just checked out this film, I'...If I hadn't just checked out this film, I'd think your critique was something of a stretch, but I agree - the resemblance between the two films is uncanny. I like that the filmmaker's images frame things that keep the viewer as disoriented as the heroine. Nothing is explicitly telegraphed in the film. A nice discoverySheilanoreply@blogger.com