Memoria reviewed by Mark Kermode
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ม.ค. 2022
- Mark Kermode reviews Memoria. An expat living in Colombia is woken from her sleep by a mysterious and startlingly loud bang.
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I just saw it last week and I found it to be stunning experience. The final sequence was for me the most intense I have ever seen while virtually nothing was happening! Tilda Swinton is fantastic to watch. She has the capacity for so much power in her presence. Mysterious and intriguing cinema.
I have a vague memoria of seeing this review before
Oh, I get it!!!!
I do too. I’m pretty sure I saw it last week. I just flipped back to see if it was a double upload, and last weeks upload was not there however Mark is wearing a black tie in this video whereas for his Belfast review he is wearing a blue tie so perhaps this is a second time uploading. How ironic that it’s happening for this particular movie!
You're right.
Really loved his "Syndromes and a Century". Have seen it a number of times...a very meditative experience.
I watched that one for a film class and hated it (NOT my preferred style so I won't begrudge anyone who does like it)
That said, I am intensely intrigued by this film and its limited distribution.
Memoria is absolutely knock out ! Nobody in contemporary cinema makes movies like that . Tilda Swinton gives the best performance in her career . Joe is director who developed his own unique film language and I can clearly see him as successor of one of the greatest movie director of all times Andrey Tarkovsky !
Tilda Swinton is fantastic to watch in everything, including this
Just saw this Film. Very well made. Very visual storytelling. The cinematography and sound design are great. Acting was well done. It all comes down to wether this ending works for you, but if t doesn't, it is still very much a must watch.
The noise Tilda Swinton hears should've been Mark shouting 'quiet quiet NUN'
I didn't really liked that much, I actually wasn't prepared to be that slow because I didn't realize that I had already watched a movie from the same director. At the end, I found a little too meaningless, I managed to get some ideas, but it didn't feel like the film committed to anything, which I think it is almost a necessity (have a common theme when it is slow movie so you can follow along even when "nothing" is happening). I watched Cemetary of Splendor and I found it much more meaningful, I would recommend Cemetary over Memoria to anyone who likes slow movies.
do you have an idea what happened at the end there? I couldnt make sense of it
@@onibabapapa2659 I don't know menss I think this director likes to explore these weird resolutions. I like to think that he doesn't care to give a explanation for the "movie experience" and that is a quick way to finish the plot.
wasn't this covered already?
Uncle Memoria Who Can Recall His Past Reviews
my thought exactly. re-upload I guess?
awesome summary of the movie. for the entire length i was trying to determine what exactly was going on. i even abandoned what little grasp of the tale being spun i had in favor of a romance tale. it seemed young Hernan was smitten but also rebuffed by Jessica; then i saw Jessica finding interest in Agnes but no significant connection, and finally with older Hernan who was spell-bounding in speech and behavior and Jessica being draw to his effects. i feel the movie tries to lull you right until the final scene at the window then completely shatters that glass. Its as if Tilda awakens and physically transforms into something so eerie and bizarre and alien and just unsettling all in that one slow moving tilt towards the window. i had no expectations going into the movie but somehow those non-existent expectations were subverted lol great finale and great performance by Tilda, she's wicked cool.
I saw this screened at a local theatre not realizing it was going to be 80% spanish and for some reason "it was intended to be viewed without subtitles". Made for a bit of a guessing game as a non-spanish speaker but I still enjoyed it
It seemed to be about how we are all operating on different frequencies. Therefore reality is subjective. We don't experience life in the same way. That's why we think everyone else is crazy
Definitely a movie about subjectivity and I daresay about introversion. That's why many found it so odd. Jessica gives importance to something most people would readily discard, because it's completely subjective and it comes from the inside. What's so important in a simple sound when the world is constant noise? Just tune into something lively and forget about it. Perhaps take some Xanax too.
And yet the natural world fell silent, much in the same way we can't see the night sky. There's only the disturbance of our frantic interconnected world. Everyone makes a lot of experiences but something is inevitably lost and sacrificed along the way.
little did simon know.... LMAOO
Haven't seen it yet just wanted to say this was an amazing review
Deja vu??
A memoria but who does it belong to
Just saw it yesterday and I can't wait to see it again.
I loved it. Took me a while to get into it but by the end I was entranced.
I wrote a poem about cinema:
136 min high brow
242 min slomo
24 frames per second to endure
How did Simon predict that
hah that was crazy, also nicely played off by Mark
just goes to show that maybe it isnt as profound as people migth think, but more pointless and trite
Terrific review. I saw Memoria at its Cannes premiere and twice since. It’s my favorite film of 2021 and perhaps of the last five years.
5 years dam XD
Mine as well.
Am I crazy or was this reviewed last week?
I think I am crazy, too.
No you are not crazy. I’m pretty sure this was uploaded last week and then perhaps taken down. You are not the only one mentioning this so don’t worry. It’s just weird that it’s happening for this particular movie😹
Ummm...Don't you hear that noise?
I'm an American who will probably never get to see the film with the strange distribution method that's been selected for it, so I can only hope it gets a home video release abroad that I can import.
I'm hoping it comes close enough that I can, but I worry I'm in the same boat.
I hope they at least start announcing where it will be playing ahead of time. I'm willing to go out of town, but have to be able to plan.
If you like to use torrents, it's on pirate bay
Pirate Bay is your friend
Look it up I live in Az and just watched it… it was incredible
@@Cobralalalala it’s playing in a lot of places I just saw it in Az
I went to see this on my birthday this year and while it’s aesthetically pleasing it left me very puzzled!
We will see Memoria in best of 20s lists I swear
Apichaptong is that you?
All the tasteful ones, anyway.
Kudos for the Rutles reference, Mark.
Why haven't they reviewed 'Mass'? I believe it was released this week in UK as well.
Reviewed on the show last week
@@kermodeandmayo Hello Mark! Huge fan from India. You don't plan to make a video upload of it? I thought all actors were so exceptional in it! Would have loved to know your thoughts...
wasn't this reviewed last week or the week before?
It's a great film. Like Syndromes of a Century and Tropical Malady.
Everyone likes this movie talks about how stuff looks or sounds or how this movie is unique. Im glad it is unique because there is nothing with substance. It hits some people in the feelz I guess.
Only just saw it and I completely agree with this review. Its a remarkable experience but you need to be hyper focused.
Take your time, hurry up Choice is yours, don't be late Take a rest as a friend As an old Memoria, memoria Memoria, memoria
I recommend watching a Marvel movie immediately followed by this, then spend a while reflecting on the two experiences.
Argh - I would SO love to see this but the weird distribution thing is killing me. It is going to play one night in my city, but I will actually be out of town that night. Frustrating!
Very familiar
Wouldn't Memoria and TAR make a great double bill?
I saw David Lynch walking out of the theater after the movie was over scratching his head.
That's a good sign. That he likes it.
Paint drying!
I always enjoy the comments for something like this because nothing is quite so funny as the anger of a particular type of person who finds that a particular piece of art doesn't work for them. It's the weirdest thing to get your feathers ruffled over instead of just being like "I was clearly not the intended audience and predictably didn't get anything out of it."
Maybe you should elaborate on the 'predictably i didnt get anything out of it' part it seems like you want to say something there.
@@markm417what a great example you are, thanks for volunteering!
Oh yeah, they are clearly not the intended audience like us special ones.
Deja-vu
I thought I was going mad, this was definitely up last week. Turned off when the director was described as 'the king of slooooooo'....
It's slow movie news. You put it online just a little bit every week.
Few times during the movie I felt like that man (Huan?) from the last part of the movie - I dozed off. Wish I did it at home because my sofa is much more comfortable than a chair in a cinema, it is free and I would have not contributed to the global warming by burning the gas in my car going to the cinema.
yeah ok
Is this supposed to be a horror movie or in any way scary?
No
Mark just telling the story there
Mark for prime minister
I didn’t like it very much. 2/5 in my opinion. It started making sense until the freaking aliens showed up and flew away.
Pure cinema.
Ah-pee-chat-pong Honestly, it's not difficult and Thais would rarely have reason to use his surname (FWIW: Wee-ra-se-taa-kun)
Rasta man
Repetition is for emphasis.
"with a commitment that it would never be available for home viewing" - dude, do you know what century you're living in? Anyone who wants to can watch it right this second.
I don’t a agree. A massive part of the film is the sound design and unless you have the right setup, and assuming the digital transfer even manages to preserve the quality you’re never going to experience the film properly.
@@kevycanavan Well obviously all movies are better in a theater. But I wasn't making a point about quality. The quote was 'It will never be available for home viewing'. But it is if you know where to look.
@@johnnyjohnny2650 I think my argument Is you wouldn’t be getting the intended experience. Like watching David Lynch on your phone.
@@kevycanavan That's cool, I agree.
What source? It doesn't exist.
ah-peach-ah-pong ....... wier-ah-seta-cool/gung
The ultimate match up of totally pretentious film and critic alike
Pretentious? C̄hạn?
Just because a movie is packed with excrutiatingly long static and silent shots with good framing doesn't mean it's "contemplative". This snoozefest is utterly pretentious, with stiff acting and quasi-poetic dialogue. The talented Tilda Swinton is thrown in front of the camera with nothing to say or do beyond looking catatonic and occasionally murmuring some half-baked line. Do you wanna see a real contemplative film? Watch Bergman's The Silence, Kore-eda's Maborosi or DeBlois' Heima, but avoid this dull vanity project at all costs.
I can't believe Mark, let alone anybody in their right mind watched this twice, saw it at the Cork Film festival in October & I'm on the 'it was absolutely awful' side of the divide
"I cant believe other people might have a different opinion than mine and like something I don't like. Clearly they aren't in their right mind"
@@EveTheBoneQueen Well, you have to consider it. They might not be.
@@drumgold23 But...maybe it's the one who thought it was absolutely awful who isn't in their right mind. They might not be, you know. You have to consider it.
I like artsy films. This was too far for me. Should be 30 minutes
For me and I'm just going to be brutally honest, it was truly one of the worst movies I've ever seen. Yes, the director can do a decent job of capturing atmosphere and Tilda Swinton absolutely knocked it out of the park with what she had but the problem is, she didn't have much. The plot and story here are some of the worst I've ever seen. To put this in a little bit of perspective, it's as if amateur art school student tried to replicate a meta journey of finding one's self similar to Denis Villenueve's/Jose Saramago's Enemy just with a South American twist. I imagine a movie like that is hard to pull off to start with which is why Enemy is such a great movie. But this movie just gets crushed under the kind of weight it tried to lift. I haven't seen any of Apichatpong's other movies but after seeing this one, I'll definitely pass of the others. 2/10 movie for me. Have no idea why Neon let a movie like this see the light of day.
That clip was literally the dullest thing I have seen in quite some time.
An accurate reflection of the film being discussed 😆
Then you’ll hate this movie
I feel like if you isolate most scenes from this movie itll look dull. Everything in combination is very moving and gripping imo
Not sure about this film.I’m interested in the sound she’s chasing,only.
- Do you want to see Tilda Swinton being weird (never seen that before) walking in SlowMo through boring scenes?
- Do you want to see a movie that's artificially long, way beyond anything that's just SLOW. Seriously, this movie is SOOOOOOO slow and so many shots carry no meaning. They're just there to pad the runtime!
- This film starts interesting and intriguing but then it just flows for the remining part of the movie.
DONT WATCH THIS MOVIE!!!