Being John Malkovich
1999USA★ 7.45 pt match
Both films sit with figuring out who you are and longing. The world both films live in revolves around class and money. Both move the same way too, dark comedy, surreal, slow burn, and dreamlike.
BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
Bardo, falsa crónica de unas cuantas verdades
2022MexicoLanguage: esDirected by Alejandro G. Iñárritu★ 6.8
Available in English: subtitled
A renowned Mexican journalist and documentary filmmaker living in Los Angeles, after being named the recipient of a prestigious international award, is compelled to return to his native country, unaware that this simple trip will push him to an existential limit.
Themes and style
Tone
surrealmelancholicabsurdisthauntingdark comedywhimsical
Pacing
dreamlikeslow burnepisodic
Story
journeyunraveling
Emotion
figuring out who you aregrieflongingguiltbelonging
Themes
caught between worldsnational identitycolonial historyfamily wounds passed downclass and money
Feel
cerebraldiscussion starterquietly hauntingexhausting
Violence
mildWhere to watch
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