Tuvalu (1999)

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   Siskoid

   Made as if the German expressionist movement of the silent era had never ended, Tuvalu is a strange throwback to color-filtered black and white, strange angles and lo-fi effects. Sound design is very important to the mood and story, but dialog is onomatopoeic at best (and indeed, uses words from various languages). It stars the always bold Denis Lavant (Beau travail, Holy Motors) as Anton, a man desperate to keep his decrepit public pool open in a wasteland of bulldozed buildings, despite the efforts of an evil land developer to get it marked for demolition, efforts that even include turning Anton's love interest against him. The way Anton gets out of it is very entertaining, and by that point, you've rewired your brain to better process the old school film making that perhaps at first, had you wondering what was going on. In the end, I very much enjoyed the style and the movie's flights of fancy. Throwback or not, it feels quite original. 2 years ago
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   Armoreska

   A Delicatessen offshoot. Watch that first 10 years 10 months ago

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