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Nancy L Draper says...

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6 years ago

Do not be deceived, this is an art film. Don't expect a clear cut plot with any attempt at a reasoned outcome. Paul Schafer is re-imaging two films (DIARY OF A COUNTRY PRIEST and WINTER LIGHT*) and when asked to comment on the possible explainations of his ending "during an appearance on the A24 podcast, Schrader admitted to Sofia Coppola that he isn’t sure, either — but he has some ideas"^. RANT - I'm getting very tired of pretentious art film - END RANT. [spoiler] I could have forgiven a heavy-handed political agenda film or a choreographed decent into insanity but this film was a waste of time [/spoiler]. It was all promise and no payoff. I give this film a 4 (fail) out of 10. [Surreal Drama]

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* https://www.vulture.com/2018/06/lets-talk-about-the-ending-of-first-reformed.html
^ https://www.indiewire.com/2018/05/first-reformed-ending-explained-paul-schrader-1201970200/

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Reply by outspoken

6 years ago

@nancy-l-draper Thank you so much for this write-up. I was utterly confused by the final phase of the film, unfortunately it sounds like that was not entirely the intention of the film which is a shame. If there was intent to confuse the audience they wen't about it poorly.

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Reply by The_Argentinian

2 years ago

@nancy-l-draper your opening sentence made me think you got the movie but then you made the same kind of comments from someone who only watches big budget Hollywood movies. <br /> You never watched that Bresson and Bergman film you mentioned, did you? You just copied it from an article.

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Reply by NancyLDraper@gmail.com

2 years ago

@the_argentinian If I can recall correctly, I watched the movie, was frustrated by it (hence the rating) then did some research to see if wiser minds saw something I didn't (hence the quote from the properly footnoted sources). I, personally, watch media from all mediums, blockbusters to hand held shot web TV series. Money does not make a film good or bad. I just have a low threshold for films that settle for pretense rather than content. Thank you for your reply, it could have done without your judgement of my character or experience, however, which came off as rather arrogant.

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