Zigeunerweisen

Unable to be described in any normal way. There is a slowness to this movie that I appreciate in a weird way, it’s almost hypnotizing. I love the dialogue and how strange it is, and I love trying to solve a puzzle that clearly did not want to be solved. I took notes on this shit and I still have no idea. Something about cultural shifts and maybe abuse and legacy.

 My one single issue with this is that after a certain character leaves, the movie loses a bit of its structure and intrigue for a while. It doesn’t help that the ending is so vague. Still a masterpiece tho and unbelievably unique. 

What will we leave behind?

Unable to be described in any normal way. There is a slowness to this movie that I appreciate in a weird way, it’s almost hypnotizing. I love the dialogue and how strange it is, and I love trying to solve a puzzle that clearly did not want to be solved. I took notes on this shit and I still have no idea. Something about cultural shifts and maybe abuse and legacy.

 My one single issue with this is that after a certain character leaves, the movie loses a bit of its structure and intrigue for a while. It doesn’t help that the ending is so vague. Still a masterpiece tho and unbelievably unique. 

What will we leave behind?

This is something else. It’s so slow and almost nothing happens but it is absolutely hypnotizing. It’s gorgeous in such a subtle way, there’s not a single bad shot in this whole movie, and the way the dialogue is just so strange from beginning to end just makes it such a unique experience.

This is something else. It’s so slow and almost nothing happens but it is absolutely hypnotizing. It’s gorgeous in such a subtle way, there’s not a single bad shot in this whole movie, and the way the dialogue is just so strange from beginning to end just makes it such a unique experience.

Im gonna be so real I had no idea what was going on

Im gonna be so real I had no idea what was going on

Indelible imagery from the master Seijun Sezuki, but instead of a peculiar and fast paced yakuza film, Zigeunerweisen is a full-on surrealist slow burn dark erotic-horror-comedy-thing with a seeming René Magritte influence. It’s still uniquely Sezuki as I doubt Magritte would’ve ever thought of a sexually charged eyeball licking scene.

One of the characters listens to a classical record over and over to try to understand what some mumbling between the tracks mean. My imagination is that if one focuses too hard on understanding one aspect of this movie that alludes you, you’ll miss what makes the entire piece great. Zigeunerweisen is great without using a magnifying glass. A macabre weird wonderful with great staging and beautiful compositions.

What a way to start the year.

Indelible imagery from the master Seijun Sezuki, but instead of a peculiar and fast paced yakuza film, Zigeunerweisen is a full-on surrealist slow burn dark erotic-horror-comedy-thing with a seeming René Magritte influence. It’s still uniquely Sezuki as I doubt Magritte would’ve ever thought of a sexually charged eyeball licking scene.

One of the characters listens to a classical record over and over to try to understand what some mumbling between the tracks mean. My imagination is that if one focuses too hard on understanding one aspect of this movie that alludes you, you’ll miss what makes the entire piece great. Zigeunerweisen is great without using a magnifying glass. A macabre weird wonderful with great staging and beautiful compositions.

What a way to start the year.