tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890338907751315894.post7706173487371722208..comments2024-03-28T23:58:53.147+11:00Comments on The Film Emporium: 2012 Motifs in Cinema: Inevitability of DeathAndy Bucklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15655573933693289124noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890338907751315894.post-63196748410815752992013-02-21T07:33:29.258+11:002013-02-21T07:33:29.258+11:00Love this essay. I particularly enjoyed your comme...Love this essay. I particularly enjoyed your comments on Oslo and Amour. <br /><br />"Here Haneke deals with death as a celebration of love..." I never really thought about it like that before. Brilliant.Alex Withrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15887018476048271594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890338907751315894.post-89364221431918313872013-02-18T11:12:05.537+11:002013-02-18T11:12:05.537+11:00"Another character, scared of heights and cro..."Another character, scared of heights and crossing a precipice, is struck by fear and realizes he will never be able to conjure the strength to make it across. A close-up of his anguish reveals he has also accepted his fate." Man, just thinking about that moment gives me the willies. What a film<br /><br />I like that you included Cabin in the Woods here. When we address death in the cinema I think it's important to note how often it chooses to cheapen death. Which isn't what Cabin in the Woods is doing necessarily since, as you say, it's deconstructing the genre, but that's another reason why the movie is so intriguing.Nick Priggehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17895803287589438170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890338907751315894.post-66584974824089916122013-02-17T14:21:26.496+11:002013-02-17T14:21:26.496+11:00I loved "Oslo" but even as I knew Trier ...I loved "Oslo" but even as I knew Trier was trying to let light in with that end I've not been as devastated by any 2012 film as I was with that one. <br /><br />"Looper" wins for best scene of death, though, you know THAT scene with Willis. The way it pushes the film further by changing our perspective on what we're willing to condone is impressive especially for a would-be blockbuster film. Andrew K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01104647944747041277noreply@blogger.com