Fehér isten (2014)

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   juanittomx

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   No matter which side you're on, it's a disturbing tale, bloody and depressing, elevated to artistic worthiness by an uncanny fusion of the real and the surreal.

   John DeSando 8 years 12 months ago
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   Emiam

   6/10
   Beautiful. Neat photo. Different. Nice pictures of the streets of enchanting Budapest (where I was in 2000). 5 years 1 month ago
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   Siskoid

   If Isle of Dogs were a live action film and took place in Hungary, it might look a little like White God. On the surface of it, it is a thing of two parts. On the one hand, it is an indie drama about a young girl forced to stay with her father for a time, and on the cusp of running away after he leaves her dog on the side of the road. On the other, it is an exciting action flick starring the dog trying to navigate the dark city and hopefully get back to her. But he is so abused - if you have difficulty watching dogs in jeopardy, I probably can't warn you too strongly - that eventually he has enough, he rebels, he leads others into a riot, if not straight up a Dogpocalypse. The obvious metaphor is that the dogs are some mistreated minority, and there are parallels to various racist policies and images - segregation, SWATing, lynching, slavery, etc. If the metaphor is to hold, what of the ending? Does it then turn into a story about a girl and her dog that can no longer sustain the second level? I believe it does work, because what we have there isn't a sappy happy ending, but a compromise, and an image of equality, and yet, the realization that it's a very unhappy ending indeed. I won't say more except to say the girl is a bit one-note, but the dog (or the two dogs who play the central role) is really quite good. 5 years 6 months ago

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