While it had some interesting and very well done shots, it had a horrific tendency to drag. The 5 fake endings at the end were also unnecissary

While it had some interesting and very well done shots, it had a horrific tendency to drag. The 5 fake endings at the end were also unnecissary

Esse filme é único em muitos aspectos, seja narrativo ou na sua construção visual até mesmo para um filme mudo. Devido à isso, parte da minha estranheza e a minha dificuldade de prosseguir a obra como completo vem dessa singularidade que o filme possui. Creio que assistindo mais vezes e compondo melhor a forma como eu interpreto o filme, este possa crescer na minha estima. No mais é compreensível todo o clamor que o filme tem pela sua experimentalidade que estava à frente de vários movimentos e previu diversos componentes estéticos e narrativos.

Esse filme é único em muitos aspectos, seja narrativo ou na sua construção visual até mesmo para um filme mudo. Devido à isso, parte da minha estranheza e a minha dificuldade de prosseguir a obra como completo vem dessa singularidade que o filme possui. Creio que assistindo mais vezes e compondo melhor a forma como eu interpreto o filme, este possa crescer na minha estima. No mais é compreensível todo o clamor que o filme tem pela sua experimentalidade que estava à frente de vários movimentos e previu diversos componentes estéticos e narrativos.

As im still getting into experimental films and have barely tapped into this decade this was very fascinating. Definitely something I’m putting on my agenda to explore more into. The score added so much to the atmosphere of it all on top of the beautiful up close imagery. I loved so many of the shots moving from fluid to more chaotic movements and static images. Creating an enticing storytelling combination overall.

As im still getting into experimental films and have barely tapped into this decade this was very fascinating. Definitely something I’m putting on my agenda to explore more into. The score added so much to the atmosphere of it all on top of the beautiful up close imagery. I loved so many of the shots moving from fluid to more chaotic movements and static images. Creating an enticing storytelling combination overall.

Perhaps Limite deserves more credit than I’m giving it with my three-star rating. It’s a beautiful film with some truly inventive camerawork that feels decades ahead of its time. Yet I did have a hard time truly committing to its premise. 

Limite does demand a lot of attention from its viewer, being devoid of speech, sound, and even title cards, but in spite of its bare-bones narrative, relying heavily on flashbacks, the film still manages to tell a story of isolation and being lost in one’s own life. 

The first ten minutes were my favorite part of the film. It exudes raw emotion through only imagery and music. But as the film went on, I found my attention to drift much like characters drift around aimlessly in their lives. 

Limite is a singular experience, one that I never truly found myself drawn to despite its mesmerizing nature. I hope a future rewatch will open my mind to understanding its full intention.

Perhaps Limite deserves more credit than I’m giving it with my three-star rating. It’s a beautiful film with some truly inventive camerawork that feels decades ahead of its time. Yet I did have a hard time truly committing to its premise. 

Limite does demand a lot of attention from its viewer, being devoid of speech, sound, and even title cards, but in spite of its bare-bones narrative, relying heavily on flashbacks, the film still manages to tell a story of isolation and being lost in one’s own life. 

The first ten minutes were my favorite part of the film. It exudes raw emotion through only imagery and music. But as the film went on, I found my attention to drift much like characters drift around aimlessly in their lives. 

Limite is a singular experience, one that I never truly found myself drawn to despite its mesmerizing nature. I hope a future rewatch will open my mind to understanding its full intention.

To feel many things in the immediate and ephemeral now. The images pass into the next with poetic continuity. The whole thing, even moments after it’s over, feels like the memory of a phantom or a phantom of a memory. Maybe there were a few too many shots of the ocean at the end, but it’s a situation where you feel unable to protest. The holisitic vision is complete unto itself. It’s a film to pass through you. Like the wisest experience of consciousness, we cannot cling to any given moment, so too, here does it feel better to have felt the film than scrutinize it. Isolation and togetherness. Intimate closesness and isolated distance. The limits from the outside in and the inside out.

To feel many things in the immediate and ephemeral now. The images pass into the next with poetic continuity. The whole thing, even moments after it’s over, feels like the memory of a phantom or a phantom of a memory. Maybe there were a few too many shots of the ocean at the end, but it’s a situation where you feel unable to protest. The holisitic vision is complete unto itself. It’s a film to pass through you. Like the wisest experience of consciousness, we cannot cling to any given moment, so too, here does it feel better to have felt the film than scrutinize it. Isolation and togetherness. Intimate closesness and isolated distance. The limits from the outside in and the inside out.