Was going to bring up two movies, but then I discovered that one of them (Odishon/The Audition) already was mentioned. I can't believe that noone has brought up Roman Polanski's masterpiece "Bitter Moon".
It brilliantly portrays the viciousness of the human race, how love taken to the extreme leads o abuse and misery, how fucked up we are. It builds all the way up, becoming more and more dark as it progresses to the brilliant ending. A very good story told in a brilliant way.
Also, speaking of dark movies, just thought of Sweden's latest box office superhit, Lilja 4-Ever. It is a film by one of the most famous Swedish directors at the moment, Lukas Moodysson, and it does a quite good job of showing how trafficking is fucked up. It's very dark, the first minutes of it sets the tone.
It is about a young girl in the former Soviet Union, called Lilja. Her only friend is a boy, who has a crush on her, called Volodja. Lilja's parents leave her to seek luck in America, and leave her alone in a shabby apartment with no money.
Her only pleasures (and Volodja's too) is drinking and sniffing glue, to reveal the pain. She eventually meats a boy and falls in love, but that is when the nightmare really begins...
It wasn't as good and schocking as I had expected it (from reading the newspapers in Sweden) and the dialog was at times lacking, but still it is a very good dark movie, and you really do get a feel for the poor girl. Also, the movie is in Russian (mostly) which gives it an authentic feel.
I just saw Bleu (Blue), the first of the Tricolor-movies by Kieslowski. It wasn't that dark, imho, though it was a very good philosophical movie that raised thoughts within you. Also, Cube. Lovely. Lovely idea. Good movie.
*end of rant*
It brilliantly portrays the viciousness of the human race, how love taken to the extreme leads o abuse and misery, how fucked up we are. It builds all the way up, becoming more and more dark as it progresses to the brilliant ending. A very good story told in a brilliant way.
Also, speaking of dark movies, just thought of Sweden's latest box office superhit, Lilja 4-Ever. It is a film by one of the most famous Swedish directors at the moment, Lukas Moodysson, and it does a quite good job of showing how trafficking is fucked up. It's very dark, the first minutes of it sets the tone.
It is about a young girl in the former Soviet Union, called Lilja. Her only friend is a boy, who has a crush on her, called Volodja. Lilja's parents leave her to seek luck in America, and leave her alone in a shabby apartment with no money.
Her only pleasures (and Volodja's too) is drinking and sniffing glue, to reveal the pain. She eventually meats a boy and falls in love, but that is when the nightmare really begins...
It wasn't as good and schocking as I had expected it (from reading the newspapers in Sweden) and the dialog was at times lacking, but still it is a very good dark movie, and you really do get a feel for the poor girl. Also, the movie is in Russian (mostly) which gives it an authentic feel.
I just saw Bleu (Blue), the first of the Tricolor-movies by Kieslowski. It wasn't that dark, imho, though it was a very good philosophical movie that raised thoughts within you. Also, Cube. Lovely. Lovely idea. Good movie.
*end of rant*