Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life

Beautiful and phantasmagoric cinematography, as is expected from the Quays, but it doesn't quite hold together as a feature. Still, this is probably the best possible adaptation of Walser's wonderful novel.

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As to be expected from the Quays, this movie features amazing cinematography, rich atmosphere, elaborate use of symbols, and zero narrative. Beautiful and taxing.

The Brothers Quay should stick with animation.

Truly breathtaking cinematography and lighting. The fragility of the story works, as well, with its near-incomprehensible dialogue calling immediate attention to Jakob's metaphysically self-imposed prison cell. It drags when I feel it shouldn't - but perhaps, in a world dedicated to the contradiction of being the best at nothing, well, it definitely succeeds there.

Estreava há 25 anos no Festival de Locarno. Num primeiro momento achei que seria uma mistura de David Lynch com Guy Maddin, mas aí vi que era um onirismo outro, diferente inclusive dos próprios irmãos Quay. De fato é uma bela obra, mas algo nela me diz que eu gostaria mais de sua origem literária. Blu-ray rip RARBG.

i Love it!

i have to return to my actual life after this.