Watched with a friend. What's really funny is the two movies we watched, Kotoko and this, were picked as blind watches for the other person, yet are incredibly similar, being movies that are not horror movies, which are both about the idea that something indescribably horrible could happen to your child. How funny is that?
For one insane, fleeting moment, the salesman adopts a particular physical mannerism from Donald Trump, turning his wrist up and cocking his elbow back. The incredible and truly insane physical acting from Antuña is a huge part of what makes this movie work. I don't know how much input Antuña had on the sort of physical characterization his salesman would have, but it really is inspired.
The scene where she's laughing about the glass breaking is fucking crazy. Maybe my favorite scene in the movie?
It's also incredibly funny that somehow almost everybody wants to fuck this guy, and he's just trying to figure out what to do about his dead child. Just person after person eyefucking him, making passes, trying to blackmail him into running away (that one is a thirteen year old).
This is a black comedy. Like, pitch black. I feel like it's kind of a good comedown for Kotoko. There are some really big laughs in this movie, honestly, especially after the utter nightmare that was Kotoko. I think it made it better watching this movie after Kotoko, too...
"The issue isn't your son's name. There's no solution for that."
alt. quote: "I would have loved to see the moment it broke."
Watched with a friend. What's really funny is the two movies we watched, Kotoko and this, were picked as blind watches for the other person, yet are incredibly similar, being movies that are not horror movies, which are both about the idea that something indescribably horrible could happen to your child. How funny is that?
For one insane, fleeting moment, the salesman adopts a particular physical mannerism from Donald Trump, turning his wrist up and cocking his elbow back. The incredible and truly insane physical acting from Antuña is a huge part of what makes this movie work. I don't know how much input Antuña had on the sort of physical characterization his salesman would have, but it really is inspired.
The scene where she's laughing about the glass breaking is fucking crazy. Maybe my favorite scene in the movie?
It's also incredibly funny that somehow almost everybody wants to fuck this guy, and he's just trying to figure out what to do about his dead child. Just person after person eyefucking him, making passes, trying to blackmail him into running away (that one is a thirteen year old).
This is a black comedy. Like, pitch black. I feel like it's kind of a good comedown for Kotoko. There are some really big laughs in this movie, honestly, especially after the utter nightmare that was Kotoko. I think it made it better watching this movie after Kotoko, too...
"The issue isn't your son's name. There's no solution for that."
alt. quote: "I would have loved to see the moment it broke."