*"Don't be afraid. The dead are our friends!"
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*"Why do you want to return to them? They don't know the real way. They only think about destruction, mischief, pollution. They are not like us."
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What I did not like about The Iron Rose – and what The Iron Rose made me realise that I do not like about much of giallo as a genre (if this is or is not a giallo is besides the point) – is the emptiness. The dissatisfaction.

Nothing about this movie is good enough and I fear that nothing would ever be good enough. There are flickers of substance. Of something. But for the most part this is a meandering movie that puts aesthetics first. To say it is a "mess" is also to give it more credit than it is due.

*"Don't be afraid. The dead are our friends!"
*
*

*"Why do you want to return to them? They don't know the real way. They only think about destruction, mischief, pollution. They are not like us."
*
*

What I did not like about The Iron Rose – and what The Iron Rose made me realise that I do not like about much of giallo as a genre (if this is or is not a giallo is besides the point) – is the emptiness. The dissatisfaction.

Nothing about this movie is good enough and I fear that nothing would ever be good enough. There are flickers of substance. Of something. But for the most part this is a meandering movie that puts aesthetics first. To say it is a "mess" is also to give it more credit than it is due.

THE BEST first date idea !!!

THE BEST first date idea !!!

este filme resume bem os franceses

este filme resume bem os franceses

THE STRANGEST OF LOVE STORIES

"It's daylight there is nothing to be scared about."

"They say stars are god giving us signals."

"Please get me out of here!"

"Let's wander around, we'll find the exit eventually."

"What are you hiding?"

"A fire in the cemetery will attract the caretakers."

"All the happiness in the world, death search my love, search further, the land underground, together forever, no more fear. No more pain. They won't touch us anymore, the wicked are leaving us."

The peak of minimalist cinema, with 70 minutes of runtime, 2 characters basically, and stunning cinematography, The Iron Rose grips the viewer from the start with that magnificant beach shot.

Perhaps the strangest romance, that can even be percieved as a horror, the iron rose symbolises. eternal love through death and a mesmering labyrinth of a cemetery.

Both main characters credited as 'The Girl' and 'The Boy', The Iron Rose doesn't try to be a grand epic with actionful sequences, but rather the subtle feeling of the pair being lost, and slowly descending into paranoi and madness.

I cba to write a full review as I have to shower in a min because I'm going to watch Heat in cinemas but still, peak film.

96/100

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THE STRANGEST OF LOVE STORIES

"It's daylight there is nothing to be scared about."

"They say stars are god giving us signals."

"Please get me out of here!"

"Let's wander around, we'll find the exit eventually."

"What are you hiding?"

"A fire in the cemetery will attract the caretakers."

"All the happiness in the world, death search my love, search further, the land underground, together forever, no more fear. No more pain. They won't touch us anymore, the wicked are leaving us."

The peak of minimalist cinema, with 70 minutes of runtime, 2 characters basically, and stunning cinematography, The Iron Rose grips the viewer from the start with that magnificant beach shot.

Perhaps the strangest romance, that can even be percieved as a horror, the iron rose symbolises. eternal love through death and a mesmering labyrinth of a cemetery.

Both main characters credited as 'The Girl' and 'The Boy', The Iron Rose doesn't try to be a grand epic with actionful sequences, but rather the subtle feeling of the pair being lost, and slowly descending into paranoi and madness.

I cba to write a full review as I have to shower in a min because I'm going to watch Heat in cinemas but still, peak film.

96/100

Fran's Favourites

Big ol' list