Creative exploration of gender politics. Whatever failings it may have, it's at least always interesting and unique and a pleasure to watch. How much exactly I take from it remains to be seen.

Huh?

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"Rarely have source material, director, and leading actress been more in alignment than in Orlando, the 1992 adaptation of Virginia Woolf's novel, directed by Sally Potter and starring Tilda Swinton." - Matthew Connolly

A point for every time Tilda Swinton stares meaningfully at the camera.

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Minus a point for Jimmy Somerville singing in the sky at the end, otherwise completely amazing. Almost like watching The New World and a Hal Hartley movie at the same time (no i'm not even kidding), or like a feminized Greenaway (i.e. more humane and lyrical, but still very formalized and conceptual), which actually makes a lot of sense since Potter used a bunch of his collaborators on this film. Basically this is the movie Sophia Coppola wishes she had made with Marie Antoinette.

A brilliant film about finding out who you are, despite the labels that people tend to give you. Tilda Swinton is amazing.

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Wildly inventive and very playful. I love how it toys with gender roles, time, and the fourth wall. And all with sparkling wit and whimsy and insight. Tilda Swinton is absolutely terrific in it. It greatly resembles a Peter Greenaway work, not only in its conception but also in the music and the production design. The film is quite beautiful. However, the very end was a letdown. Not enough to ruin the whole experience, but that final moment really just didn't work at all for me.

Amazing book, horrible movie.

Magical.

Stupid and boring.

11 Agustos 08, 17:00, istanbul modern, "tilda" film gosterim programi, mert ve muge ile birlikte & sonlara dogru agir feminizm tadi veren, programdaki 5 film icinden en iyisi.

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