A woman from Scotland, while traveling in Colombia, begins to notice strange sounds. Soon she begins to think about their appearance. |
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Ratings: | IMDB: 6.5/10 | |
Released: | September 30, 2021 | |
Runtime: | 136 min | |
Genres: | Drama Mystery Sci-Fi | |
Countries: | China Colombia France Germany Mexico Qatar Switzerland Thailand United Kingdom United States | |
Companies: | Anna Sanders Films Burning Blue Illuminations Films Kick the Machine Piano The Match Factory ZDF/Arte Xstream Pictures Sovereign Films Rediance Louverture Films Labo Bord Cadre Films Beijing Contemporary Art Foundation 185 Films | |
Cast: | Tilda Swinton Daniel Giménez Cacho Agnes Brekke | |
Crew: | Apichatpong Weerasethakul | |
I guess we won’t be seeing a good copy of this one for a while…
From IMDB:
“In an unconventional move, art-house film distributor Neon is releasing Memoria “from city to city, theater to theater, week by week, playing in front of only one solitary audience at any given time.” And furthermore, according to IndieWire (10/5/21) the film will only play in theaters and it will not become available on DVD, on demand, or on streaming platforms.”
What a coincidence. That’s how I like to watch movies.
I really wanted to see this “experience” until I found this out. Swinton said it was a “living piece of art.” Now I am as arty-farty as they come but this chapped my hide! This film is not “for the people,” it’s for the elite. The elite in this case isn’t people w/money, it’s people who just happen to live in the city/town the movie is playing in. I can’t stand elitist art. I loooove Tilda Swinton, I adore her, worship her as an actress, but c’mon. I feel like this is a move a 22-year old art student would make, someone with a non-tempered ego.
Some art, like nature-based art, cannot be removed from its environment (think Mount Rushmore, pieces built into and of the earth that will decompose over time). However, this is a “moving artwork” in a medium that is traditionally for all audiences and film-lovers (whatever their tastes may be). Maybe I get that as I write. However, I can’t shake the elitism of this piece away from its form. My two cents.
This film moved along at a snail’s pace. It was a big fat nothing burger for me.
I think most ppl. rated this w/out watching it first. Definitely artsy, oblique. Also a lot (2 hours and 15 min. worth) of slow, nearly static, do-nothing scenes. Beautiful scenes but not making a whole lot of sense to me.
I’m very glad VLC has that 3 sec skip key and I didn’t have to suffer thru this in real time!