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Some professions require a lot of creativity, especially if they are related to art. The cinema constantly needs to offer innovative and surprising products. It’s not easy to be a screenwriter, director, producer. It takes a lot of study, a lot of talking and researching with people from different niches, putting yourself in other people’s shoes and thinking outside the box. Think often about the future. In others, in the past. But you always have to step out of your comfort zone. In this list, some productions that prove how cinema is made of a lot of creativity, research, mayonnaise trips, readings and much more. Roadmaps like this don’t just happen out of nowhere, they take a lot of effort and dedication. Highlights for “I Think About Ending It All,” 2020, by Charlie Kaufman; “The Everyday Devil”, 2020, by Antonio Campos; and “Network of Hate”, 2020, by Jan Komasa. The titles available on Netflix are organized according to the year of release and do not follow classification criteria.
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I’m Thinking of Ending Everything (2020), Charlie Kaufman
Mary Cybulski/NetflixAlthough she has her doubts about their relationship, a young woman goes on a trip with her new boyfriend Jake to visit his family’s farm. After a heavy snowstorm, she finds herself stuck with Jake’s mom and dad and begins to question the nature of what she knows about her boyfriend, herself, and the world. An analysis of regret, lack of affection and the fragility of the human spirit, “I’m Thinking of Ending Everything” is based on Iain Reid’s best-selling book.
The Everyday Devil (2020), Antonio Campos
Glen Wilson/NetflixThe story features several family axes in southern Ohio in the 1960s. Among them is that of Arwin, orphaned after his father (a veteran) committed suicide and his mother died of cancer. He and Charlotte, also an orphan, live like brothers in the house of the young man’s grandmother. When a new pastor comes to town and seduces Charlotte, Arwin discovers he has the same violent personality as his father. In another arc, Carl and Sandy are a couple of serial killers, who bring up young men just to kill them.
Hate Network (2020), Jan Komasa
Jaroslaw Sosinski / NetflixHate Network” already has an impact by its name. It is certainly not by chance that we have chosen to translate the title of the Polish production by this expression. Jan Komasa’s film owes a large part of its genius to the main character , but it is obviously supported by the historical context in which it is inserted and the time in which we live, in Brazil, above all The misguided use of artificial intelligence – more and more intelligent, while the man, in turn, seems to be dumbing down before our eyes – feeds the discussion on the extent to which an aggressive individual can claim to be affected by the toxicity of the internet or whether his earthiness is the result of his own pathological nature. explores this dichotomy – soon resolved, given the superiority of the second hypothesis – in the light of Tomasz, who leaves the Polish countryside for the capital Warsaw to study law, thanks to the generosity of strangers. are t not merely ambitious, and the director’s insight combined with the superb talent of Maciej Musialowicz, has always made it very clear that there is a sociopath who, as is almost always the case, is a guy whose intellectual capacity exceeds that of those around him. . He uses the facilities offered by social networks to achieve the objectives he seeks to achieve, without sparing anyone. Nothing should be missed during the 2h15 duration of the plot, which offers an edifying message, without being – or appearing – moralizing. We must always be attentive to the Tomasz that life presents to us.
The Laundry Room (2019), Steven Soderbergh
Claudette Barius/NetflixEllen is a widow who lost her husband in a boating accident. While looking for insurance, he discovers that the money will not be released, because the company is scamming its customers. This company and hundreds of other offshore companies, located in tax havens, were part of a money laundering and corruption scheme, led by lawyers Jürgen Mossack and Ramón Fonseca. Businessmen, criminals, celebrities and politicians have also been implicated in the scheme.
The Lighthouse (2019), Robert Eggers
Eric Chakeen / A24 FilmsEphraim Winslow is hired as an assistant to a lighthouse keeper named Thomas Wake. The work is hard, the weather is bad, and Wake proves to be a despicable, overbearing boss who won’t let Winslow into the upper lighthouse. When a seagull appears and begins tormenting the newcomer, bringing bad omens, dark and mysterious things begin to happen.
Cold Match (2019), Lukasz Kosmicki
Disclosure / NetflixJosh Mansky is a former chess master and college professor who became a degenerate, alcoholic gambler. He is recruited by American intelligence officers, who need his strategic knowledge to save the country from a nuclear threat in the middle of the Cold War. He will have to help the government avoid Russian ships en route to Cuba with unidentified cargo that has a chance of being offensive weapons capable of destroying the United States.
The Cities of Last Things (2018), Wi Ding Ho
Disclosure / NetflixZhang Dong Ling commits suicide. The film takes place in a reverse timeline, where we get a glimpse of the three events that shaped his life and ultimately led to his death. The fateful and tragic events involve the betrayal of his wife, her revenge on her lover, and the death of her mother.