"Aurora:" by the director of the fascinating and "one of the very

Posted by tinear (A) on September 26, 2012 at 08:04:08

best films" of a few years ago, "The Death of Mr. Lazarescu."
Christi Puiu wrote, directed, and acted the lead--- and did a brilliant job in all three. Now, whether a deep character study of a very troubled man who still remains a cypher will interest you--- that's the question.
A middle-aged man with little or no visible emotion, except a proneness to taking affront easily, goes about his quotidian activities, interacting in complex, mysterious (because we have no back story, no perspective) relationships with family members, fellow workers, and acquaintances. Slowly, we realize his furtive, secretive movements will lead to tragedy, though no one gains the least hint of this before the acts.
We live in a world where random acts of violence relatively are common; fictional portrayals, perhaps to mollify the nervous observer, often center on playing out details that explain the horrific acts which themselves are made "exciting."
Not so with Puiu's film.
This is what I'd characterize as a "deliberate" film, eschewing the more popular "slow" characterization because of its pejorative connotation; actually, the film moves at a realistic pace, it is most films that are accelerated because of commercial pressure to "entertain."

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Topic - "Aurora:" by the director of the fascinating and "one of the very - tinear 08:04:08 09/26/12 (16)

Forgot to say - I liked the film - Victor Khomenko 05:58:12 10/01/12 (0)

'The Aura': Moody, meticulously told tale . . . - mr grits 10:21:09 09/27/12 (11)

Wrong film ya bong-head. nt - tinear 14:54:39 09/27/12 (10)

Holy Cheech and Chong! I dumped Aurora off my list because of its length. * - mr grits 16:12:25 09/27/12 (9)

It flies by. nt - tinear 16:38:48 09/27/12 (8)

Like a 20-day Chinese Water Torture... - Victor Khomenko 12:02:45 09/28/12 (7)

This from a man where novels start with 1000 pages! * - mr grits 18:12:42 09/28/12 (6)

Why do you think I escaped? - Victor Khomenko 06:53:51 09/29/12 (5)

Have you gotten a recording contract for Pussy Riot yet? * - mr grits 09:42:26 09/30/12 (4)

I'm coming now, I'm coming to reward them. - Victor Khomenko 19:14:59 09/30/12 (3)

I'm taking those girls to the goolag. nt - tinear 08:46:22 10/01/12 (2)

First time I am seeing Gulag spelled that way... Oh... the Google generation! nt - Victor Khomenko 12:33:00 10/01/12 (1)

It was a pun. nt - tinear 08:00:48 10/03/12 (0)

There is big question whether the films should indeed move at realistic pace - Victor Khomenko 06:46:24 09/27/12 (0)

RE: "Aurora:" by the director of the fascinating and "one of the very - Plinko 19:18:52 09/26/12 (1)

Spoiler: hey, all I said was "tragedy!" :-) nt - tinear 20:25:18 09/26/12 (0)

"Aurora:" by the director of the fascinating and "one of the very

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