Undeniably well executed in its craft—I can easily see and understand why it's considered one of Sweden's best films—The Phantom Carriage doesn't fully land for me on a wholly personal, subjective basis; it's built on a set of religious beliefs that I just don't subscribe to.
That doesn't take any of its innovativeness away, but I can't not mention it. I'm glad I saw it regardless.
I must admit that my knowledge of 60's and 70's Malaysian/Singaporean cinema is criminally under-developed. It's easy to blame this ignorance on the general cultural apathy the nations seem to have for its classic films, which I shall still say is part of the problem, but even then I acknowledge that despite having acquired a couple, I have yet to actually go digging into this era of local cinema for whatever reason. The most I had done was a P.…
When talking about films involving blue space people, we all know which is the obvious better film.
Kiss Daft Punk's asses, James Cameron.
2020 edit: Why is this my most liked post oh god
2021 edit: Rest in peace to one of the greatest duos in music history.
