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Weekend (II) (2011)

Best Gay, but also best Romantic&Realistic Film in Years!

[10/10 · 1 October 2011]

Weekend is like a Stunning Simple Masterpiece Created by the Strength of Incredible perceptions and Insightful Images by the new British Director,also by a Script that,without creating anything too Extreme or Groundbreaking, is still able to let you with your Jaw Dropped, for its Simple yet highly Structured Narrative Progress, and Witty, Real,Painfully True,Well Written Dialogue! I have not seen a Movie this Honest,this Decent in many Years. Gay or Straight it ain't matter to me. A movie is a Movie, and this is Just Excellent, because it captures perfectly the loneliness of many(too many) lives in Cities,not huge Cities, but What is Europe and also America's core. It is Romantic, but never too sweet or too sour. The Characters description tells a long way How Difficult it is to Connect today, and How Troubling, and How this World,with all these Changes(the Web,Traveling to Foreign Countries much more often than usual,a simple loss of a Sense of Family and Warmth,replaced by a Sense of continuous denial,judgment and Anger). It's Simply gifted by the Great&yet Light Touch of Amazing,Outstanding Filmmaking,Extraordinary and Persuasive Actors, Acting in Depth, very layered emotions, yet never letting you know they're acting, but Just "Opening" themselves to the Screen, like Opening their souls and Hearts, and never Afraid(what an Achievement!) of being Exploited. Brave when making love with the camera almost in the Middle of them, yet still making love with a series of Emotional range, changing Gradually in their Faces,Telling the Progression of the Story,even during a Sex Scene with No Words, but so Intense, to Widely Communicate to All Audiences what is Happening in their Minds and where they are Going to,How they are Growing, How Much They had suffered,How much They needed to Tell, even if some Will be Forever and Tragically Untold. A Brief Encounter of Amazing Proportions, that touches not only Relationships, but Depicts Society Changes,Feelings growing into a Story that is always so unusually Simple, to be Almost Stunning to most of us, for its Realistic Approach,so rarely Seen today! Like Nouvelle Vague,or Cassavetes, or Free Cinema were, in a way. We go Beyond Genres,Rules, Styles,Archetypes,Sexual Preferences, We are "entering" in this movie as we are entering life,Why? Because it is so Importantly Communicative,Persuasive,Genuine,That should be seen and Studied Immediately,as an Example of Cinematic Purism, especially by Hollywood Film makers who, too often try to 'brutalize',to emphasize a Story, just to Hide its obvious Lack of Real Contents and Dynamics and 'Moments',of "True", without script's doctoring! "Weekend" is just about 'Characters Development', and not the overly Formulaic 'Tricks'(Overly Sweet Reaction,useless Sub plots,Fake,sit-com like Dialogue,and I could go on..) we use normally,by Hoping to make a more Marketable, Entertaining Film! This is Pure Cinema at its very Best. Heartfelt& without Lies, And yes It can and Probably will Break your heart, and it will keep haunting you, who knows,maybe even for the rest of you life, but just for its Plain Honesty,its lack of Judgments,its full depiction of what really Happens in a World that is the World Most People(..Not our Hollywood/NYC's fast way of living some jaded,deceitful Drama's,Created often to let us fall into Oblivion, or into Illusions in order to Avoid Pain)again here we stand where That Other huge Portion of the World,most People Are and Live in, with such an authentic,fearless representation that will become for many,like myself,the Realization of That Lost,Basic Sense of an Absolute masterpiece Just made of Realism,So strong and Happening,I'm sure many will be able to take only in small doses, since we have lost 'That Language",that Sight and Memory of It all, for a way too long Frame of Time! We have been fed with all these Ways,Helping us to Denying Truth, by Living a life that's got nothing to Do with what really is True! In "Weekend",whether we like it or not, We are Getting to Watch-with no Deceit- the Lives of those who are still Accepting their Emotions and Trying to work them out! Realism. Thank you. Thank you, for making a Movie, i Hope It will make a Difference for many,It will teach others to start looking for What is 'There',and Leave what is never Going to be 'There',and not only in Cinema,I believe, but also in Life,Relationships,Sex,and Other human Conditions of rather Vital Importance! Thank you,again!