I appreciated your review of The Future. I seem to be the only person in my circle who found July's first film more trying than enjoyable but I loved her sculptures at the Biennale two years ago so I was thinking about giving this one a watch. You've cured me of that idea.
Nice reviews. (And nice of Jennifer to give you her pass!)
I really enjoyed Me and You and Everyone We Know, and I've been telling people that The Future may be another film by Miranda July, but it's definitely not another Me and You. I suppose, if I get around to writing a full review, I should warn people that if they didn't even like Me and You, they'll dislike The Future even more.
I also disliked Kosmos. I asked a friend who lived in Turkey for a few years whether I was missing something because I wasn't familiar with Turkish culture, or if I was missing something because I wasn't familiar with the inside of the writer-director's head. She hedged and said it might require life-long familiarity with Turkish culture, rather than just speaking the language and living there a few years. In any case, I found it a mix of interesting and incomprehensible.
Thanks. I was lukewarm on Me and You and Everyone We Know, liking it well enough without fully falling into its arms, yet it still got me thinking that July is someone to watch. And I still think she is even though The Future more annoyed that engaged me.
Oddly, I like Kosmos more now long after watching it than I did during the experience itself. I agree with your friend, I suspect -- it's a film that (I think) only viewers born and raised in Turkish culture can fully understand and appreciate, from its allegories to its metaphysics (if that's the right word). Still, I thought it was so gorgeous and, well, intriguing, that I'd love to see the director make a film aimed for a less geo-specific audience.
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Nice reviews. (And nice of Jennifer to give you her pass!)
I really enjoyed Me and You and Everyone We Know, and I've been telling people that The Future may be another film by Miranda July, but it's definitely not another Me and You. I suppose, if I get around to writing a full review, I should warn people that if they didn't even like Me and You, they'll dislike The Future even more.
I also disliked Kosmos. I asked a friend who lived in Turkey for a few years whether I was missing something because I wasn't familiar with Turkish culture, or if I was missing something because I wasn't familiar with the inside of the writer-director's head. She hedged and said it might require life-long familiarity with Turkish culture, rather than just speaking the language and living there a few years. In any case, I found it a mix of interesting and incomprehensible.
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Thanks. I was lukewarm on Me and You and Everyone We Know, liking it well enough without fully falling into its arms, yet it still got me thinking that July is someone to watch. And I still think she is even though The Future more annoyed that engaged me.
Oddly, I like Kosmos more now long after watching it than I did during the experience itself. I agree with your friend, I suspect -- it's a film that (I think) only viewers born and raised in Turkish culture can fully understand and appreciate, from its allegories to its metaphysics (if that's the right word). Still, I thought it was so gorgeous and, well, intriguing, that I'd love to see the director make a film aimed for a less geo-specific audience.
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I agree; I'm sure that Miranda July will do more stuff that I like in the future, but The Future wasn't it.
You're also right about one virtue of Kosmos: it was definitely great to look at.
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