9/2/2023 0 Comments Bokeh movie underratedIn fact, they are without any other humans to be found. The two people are the inheritors of Iceland with its beautiful natural scenery and without any Icelanders anywhere. Dirty old men are all alike.Bringing up memories of the more engaging ‘The Quiet Earth’ (1985), ‘Bokeh’ concerns a young (American?) couple, Jenai and Riley, vacationing in Iceland when nearly everybody in the world mysteriously disappears. The one thing I didn’t notice back then but now as a man well into his middle age, is the fascination of the middle aged Wim Wenders with young beautiful Nastassja Kinski and the unlikely love story of an old lad with her. The wide landscapes, cars, the dilapidated streets and small towns. It’s obvious that Wim Wenders is a fan of America. The plot plays out in a series of those stills even when it’s moving. Bokeh balls, colour contrasts clearly not natural but impressive, bright melancholic desert shots. It has all the looks popular in photography nowadays. What nowadays is easily achieved with filters, must have been meticulous work back in the 80’s. Almost every scene could be taken as a still and posted today on Instagram. On my rewatch, I was most surprised how photographic this movie is. I didn’t remember much more than that there was a scene in a porn cinema and that it was a slow movie. Even back then, it impressed me and I never forgot that it was special. I’ve watched this for the first time at the end of the 80’s as a teenager. But it does many things so well that I don’t care about its weaknesses. Cronenberg’s Crash meets Alien in an exploitation movie. It’s all effects, sound and eye candy but ultimately the plot can be told in a few sentences. The major weakness of Titane is that it doesn’t lead anywhere. Good parts of the movie could be taken as stills and immediately posted on Instagram. Speaking of the scenery, it’s striking how much the well-worn teal and orange look is used. Lots of great songs and there are scenes where the interaction of a song and setting is highly fascinating, albeit mostly in a weird way as well such as the all-male firefighter party. Like seeing the monster from Alien naked. Nudity is frequent but the longer the movie lasts the more absurd it gets. Violence is the name of the game with Titane compulsively killing people. Gory scenes with announcement are a staple here. The movie was at least 20 years to early with Global Warming now being the name of the game. Finally discovering a sustainable future in dryland. Good Kevin using windcraft, the bandits moving on the last oil. It wasn’t clear to me that this in fact is an environmentalist movie. Although the way they adapted is occasionally really funny like the bandits rowing their rusted tanker. It’s hard to believe that humanity adapted to the flooded Earth for a hundred years but didn’t come across dryland before. There is a dryland and it’s a South Sea paradise? Come on. I guess it were the costs of building everything manually instead of generating it in the computer. Nice ideas although looking back at it nowadays it’s hard to believe that this one was one of the most expensive movies ever at its time. The first half is good when the world is built. This one, I still like but not very much. I thought I really liked this one but I probably confused Waterworld with The Postman.
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