This is how it feels
Added 9/19/2009
Another reviewer expressed confusion as to whether this film was about childhood sexual abuse or political torture. The answer is it's about both. Kudos to the film for illuminating the common, underlying dynamic between the two. It's incredibly intense and graphic - I had to stop the tape at one point and just breathe. But it's the closest thing I've seen on film to my own experience as an incest survivor. For more along this line, watch the excellent "Death and The Maiden" with Sigourney Weaver, Ben Kingsley and Stuart Wilson. And seriously, don't show this film to anyone under 18, no matter how mature you think they are.
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This is a one movie that I wish would come out on DVD. It is one of the best films i have ever seen.
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Superb performance!
Added 11/2/2007
I just saw Closet land and I am still overwhelmed by it. I like watching films with Alan Rickman anyway, but his and Madeleine Stowes performance is surely "art", the kind of thing we germans call "Kammerspiel" (chamber play).
I am very sure I will watch this film again, then I might be able to note more nucances. Being german, I had to concentrate on the dialog the first time I saw it.
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Two People in a Room, No Names, No Identities
Added 7/16/2007
I originally saw this video for Alan Rickman's performance and as usual he doesn't disappoint. But be prepared for a very unpleasant movie.
This is the story of a children's author that is brought in for "questioning" by a nameless government. The whole film takes place in one room where she is questioned (tortured) by a government official (Rickman). The story quickly becomes psychological warfare between the two characters as the "victim" is not as easily broken as the government inquisitor first thought. By the end of the movie the balance of power has shifted and it's the inquisitor who may break under his own sadism.
The violence in the movie is not horror movie graphic but it is far more brutal in its realistic potrayal. The actual acts are cut-aways that you don't see(mostly) but the suggestion of the acts make you squirm.
I did find the strange sub-plot of their relationship revealed at the end to be out of place. I didn't think it necessary to the stark experimental plot. But that's just my opinion. The ending is left up to the viewer.
Did he free her or kill her?
After seeing this film you will feel grateful for the freedoms that we have. To read, critisize or praise any film or book. I know I am.
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This is one of the best movies that I have ever seen, and I will never EVER voluntarily see it again. I also won't tell you the plot, just go into this knowing it's not a "feel good" movie but is so brilliantly written directed and acted that it qualifies as an experience.
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This is how it feels
Added 9/19/2009
Another reviewer expressed confusion as to whether this film was about childhood sexual abuse or political torture. The answer is it's about both. Kudos to the film for illuminating the common, underlying dynamic between the two. It's incredibly intense and graphic - I had to stop the tape at one point and just breathe. But it's the closest thing I've seen on film to my own experience as an incest survivor. For more along this line, watch the excellent "Death and The Maiden" with Sigourney Weaver, Ben Kingsley and Stuart Wilson. And seriously, don't show this film to anyone under 18, no matter how mature you think they are.
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This is a one movie that I wish would come out on DVD. It is one of the best films i have ever seen.
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Superb performance!
Added 11/2/2007
I just saw Closet land and I am still overwhelmed by it. I like watching films with Alan Rickman anyway, but his and Madeleine Stowes performance is surely "art", the kind of thing we germans call "Kammerspiel" (chamber play).
I am very sure I will watch this film again, then I might be able to note more nucances. Being german, I had to concentrate on the dialog the first time I saw it.
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