Autumn Ball

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david f @dfulmer Jul 1, 2015 A morose, contemplative film about sad people. See more

Dec 8, 2013 I really had high hopes for this one. Veiko Ounpuu's The Temptation Of St. Tony was one of the most stunning films I had seen in some time. It combined so many elements for a truly stunning film. This one though? Well, watching it the film looked very familiar, I couldn't quite place why and then I realized I had tried watching the film before but was so bored that I skipped around looking for an interesting scene, but not finding one I decided to not finish the film. This time I sat through the entire film, but at the end of it was completely indifferent. I hoped perhaps it would give me insight into it's country of origin (Estonia), but I sincerely doubt any element of "normal" is to be found here. This film is made up of very unhappy people for reasons I couldn't understand, and as far as I could tell, any advance they made to bettering their station in life would be completely by accident. They are perfectly content to act out their miserableness in an urban wasteland where no one seems to be willing be so impolite as to restrict someone from acting gross misconduct in public. Where does the money come from to allow such lifestyles to continue? How could people be so tolerant? I think the answer could be summed up in the words, "pretentious script." Oh well, nearly every good director has at least one mind numbingly pretentious film in their cannon. See more

May 28, 2012 Gli estoni stanno proprio in paranoia See more

Nov 20, 2011 Good. A slice of Estonian life illustrating the fruits of socialism and its negative effect on the human psyche â" lost bemused people living in boxes trying to be happy (paraphrased by one of the characters). I like the political message included in the movie. It is a little bit poorly directed though and the dialogues are not the main thing here. See more

Aug 17, 2011 In a lot of ways, it's kind of exactly what I love about movies. Gutsy formalistic choices. A conscious attempt to make sense of the deeply psychological using the several tools cinema affords us with sound and image. Its aspirations for greatness may put a lot of people off. But I think there's a lot of truth, beauty, power, and brilliance here. See more

Feb 6, 2011 Sügisball is for people who don't mind slow-paced artistic films. It's visually stimulating, raw and unique. See more

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