God’s own country

This movie made me smile sm at the end. Its about a Johnny a Yorkshire lad who hates working on his dad’s farm and has casual sex with random guys UNTIL Gheorghe, a guy from Romania arrives at the farm to help out, I think because all the sheep are giving birth?? The movie is so raw? if that makes any sense and despite being about gay sheep herders it IS NOT a brokeback mountain remake, theyre two pretty different films with different themes and, spoilers, gods own country has a happy ending. This is a beautiful film that is sad and happy and surprisingly emotional. Explicit sex and straight up animal births also be prepared to LITERALLY watch a man skin a lamb no joke, be warned. 9/10

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I love that kissfromGod’s Own Country. So tender.

i saw gods own country yesterday

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I was talking with one of my friends yesterday and somehow we ended thinking about what we called “evocative films”, you know, the kind of film that is A Mood, the kind that might have full scenes with no dialog and with the image of the place, sound and music, makes you feel a certain way.

I thought about Pride & Prejudice (2005), from the sunrise with the piano (I mean, what an opening scene!), to all the walking, the rain,Mr Darcy just appearing from the fog, and of course THAT CLIFF. I mean, I’m sure you saw the image at the top of the post and HEARD the music XD

I think period films (and series) are especially evocative, so here are some other films I thought about that are a MOOD. Please reblog or comment with your choices of this kind of films (or series!). Remember to click on the links so you can see the video of what I mean.

Peaky Blinders (2013-2022)

If you didn’t get pulled into the world of Thomas Shelby while he’s riding his horse int he noisy 1919 Birmingham, then I don’t know what you are doing. But that is not my favourite Mood scene, that’d be the series 2 finale (7 year old spoiler I guess?), with the fog and the open grave, no music and a knot in our collective stomachs. Chef kiss.

The Painted Veil (2006)

1920s China, the high mountains and river of Yizhou in Guangxi, and a Perfect score by Alexandre Desplat. The locations of this film are beyond gorgeous, and the mood they set you in while you listen to Lang Lang playing Satie, is the perfect evocation of melancholy for a time and place you don’t even know. Just check these scenes of Naomi Watts and Edward Norton. Just perfect.

Orlando (1992)

If you’ve never seen Orlando, then you are missing a very young Tilda Swinton being the ultimate shapeshifter she is, starts as a man in the Elizabethan period and changes into a woman through time. Based on the Virginia Woolf novel, I see a maze and I’m THERE. Also, yeah, I really like fog.

Jane Eyre (2011)

OF COURSE Jane Eyre had to be here, as I mentioned in a previous post, that film is A Mood. Love the colours, the silence, the fabrics, the house, the landscape, Michael Fassbender (lol). And honestly, I just LOVE Mia Wasikowska in all period films, I feel she’s got a very Victorian face (does that make any kind of sense?).

Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

Along with all of the race and colonialism issues with this movie (remember to be critical of the media you consume! But it doesn’t mean you cannot enjoy it!), it is such a mood and the music is just PERFECT. EPIC in the best sense of the word. One of my favourite parts is the cut with the match, and I mean, I even love the intermission music (yeah, I have seen this film way too many times).

In The Mood For Love (2000)

Come on, it is in the title. This film is such a mood, with few dialogs and iconic music, and it leaves you with a very particular feeling that will return each time you happen to see a still from the movie, when you listen to Shigeru Umebayashi’s music, see the retro 60s aesthetics of Hong Kong, or when you stumble into “aquellos ojos verdes…”. Also: Tony Leung.

Finally, I added two more that are not period but MAN I love so much:

Hannibal (2013-2015)

For people with strong stomachs, this series is just perfect, and the incidental sounds and non melodic music played along the perfectly curated visuals, this series is an entire mood: dark, deep, and disturbingly beautiful. One of my favourite scenes is Will sleepwalking, showing his full vulnerability; and of course, any and all dinner scenes. Each time I rewatch this series, I am left with a knot in my stomach and find new stuff to see and feel.

The Last Life In The Universe (2003)

This Japanese film is quite small, and everything starts bad and goes on to be worse and worse (WARNING: it features a lot of suicide idealisation). A young Asano Tadanobu stars in this movie that is sad, quite and moody, that talks about death and people finding love (for others and themselves).

Here are some more!

@wandererriha oh! I’ll watch it this weekend! It is full on YouTube, if somebody wants to join XD Peak Gothic and Orson Welles? I’m into it. I have to love the 1940s mess with their period costumes hehehehe. ALSO BABY ELIZABETH TAYLOR. It seems this film has everything!

Fun fact: in Spanish, this film is called “Alma Rebelde” or “Rebel Soul” O.o

OMFG@fairwellersmustache I’ve not seen it but we’ll add it by JUST WATCHING THE TRAILER I can already tell that this is A Mood! Also, isn’t that guy Prince Charles in The Crown???!!!! Wow. I’m so gonna watch it this weekend.

And I have to add another film that might be the one I enjoyed the most in 2021: The Power of The Dog (2021)

Like all Jane Campion films this one dragged me on the floor and destroyed me, but all in a very subtle and beautiful way. I lost faith on humanity, recovered it and then just sat there blankly staring at the credits in the weirdest mood. So, yeah, this is A Mood (an uncomfortable one but still), and everyone involved is just at the top of their game (sometimes I forget that Kirsten Dunst is wonderful, and then she stars in something that totally plays with my feelings to remind me), the landscape is beautiful and the story… well, it is one of the most tense films I’ve seen. I love it, but I might wait a little longer to watch it again.