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Amélia 2000
Very funny comedy of manners full of dark humor and magic realism about fictional moments world famous French actress Sarah Bernhard with the sisters of her Brazilian maid Amélia. Dialogues and situations are hilarious, exploring the problems of communication and contrast of cultures. There are many colorful characters, such as slf-centered and lunatic Sarah and the two Amélia's sisters and an additional household member (there are references to Lady Macbeth and to witches in Sarah Bernhard's lines, which may apply…
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King John 1899
Just one scene survived of this earlierst adaptation of a Shakespeare play to cinema ever (among four scenes, that is, three quarters of the original short film are lost). It depicts Act V, Scene vii of The Life and Death of King John, a play that appeared in the First Folio. Herbert Beerbohm Tree's performance in the leading role, playing dying King John in his last moments, is interesting, and I liked the costumes. Not much more may be told about the little surviving fragment and lack of Shakespeare's dialogues. Watch it here: youtu.be/7lWn99STB1o?si=-A8GVWv1B6xXFYcq
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Cassiopeia 1996
Neither the most compelling sci-fi story, nor visually impressive in its 3D images, but extremely important for the history of cinema: the first full-made CGI film is Brazilian! Excellent Toy Story was finished before it was planned just not to be released after Cassiopeia. Anyway, Pixar used physical models for the toys, while all robots in Cassiopeia have been fully designed in computers... with a small budget! Watch it here: youtu.be/8azqJrOJvj8
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1994 2019
Netflix decided to waste time instead of making an important documentary. Important issue, nice footage, could be a good documentary... but it is a horribly edited and unfocused piece that aims to make spectators waste their time instead of just telling well that important story. It is boring even for politics affictionates like me. They made interviews with important people, such as former president Carlos Salinas de Gortari and guerrilla spokesman Subcomandante Marcos, but they could not capture useful quotes, leading to nothing.
