Maybe not farce, but satire goes well with him. I don't like when he tries to do the obvious comedy. The feeling I get: 'Yes, I know you can add two and two, I've already seen your astrophysics dissertation'.
Of course, even from the very beginning - what if his brother didn't believe him, didn't recognize him, or first after the guards dealt with him. What if Lussurioso was better at killing and would have eliminated the Duke - same revel would have ensued, without Vindici present. I don't think Castiza and Vindici would have had a future. Yes, their relationship was actually in tone with the rest of society, but the difference is that she was strong, and he would be driven away from home again if he attempted anything - but I believe he would stop himself from incest. Perhaps naively I think how he treated his sister was mostly because he lost the understanding of normal relations and cannot express his feelings otherwise. That's also what enables his revenge - everything's forcefully constructed into a meaningful system which parts don't normally add together. One more what if - if Vindici was the only one left before the final step? Would he still finish the mission? The implicit ambiguity works very well. You don't need philosophical debates to start questioning the essence of the things.
Death and the Compass - I like the editing and the fucked up audio, all the distortions. For me it works because it has the same nervousness and grittiness that prevail the story. The scrims - I couldn't believe my eyes, pure genius - what sane person would use them in a film? All the OTT scenes, different colouring, mystic triangle, Zunz-Gryphius-Red... one hell of a film. Where RT has a certain self-conciousness, DATC is beyond any second thoughts.
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Of course, even from the very beginning - what if his brother didn't believe him, didn't recognize him, or first after the guards dealt with him.
What if Lussurioso was better at killing and would have eliminated the Duke - same revel would have ensued, without Vindici present.
I don't think Castiza and Vindici would have had a future. Yes, their relationship was actually in tone with the rest of society, but the difference is that she was strong, and he would be driven away from home again if he attempted anything - but I believe he would stop himself from incest. Perhaps naively I think how he treated his sister was mostly because he lost the understanding of normal relations and cannot express his feelings otherwise. That's also what enables his revenge - everything's forcefully constructed into a meaningful system which parts don't normally add together.
One more what if - if Vindici was the only one left before the final step? Would he still finish the mission?
The implicit ambiguity works very well. You don't need philosophical debates to start questioning the essence of the things.
Death and the Compass - I like the editing and the fucked up audio, all the distortions. For me it works because it has the same nervousness and grittiness that prevail the story. The scrims - I couldn't believe my eyes, pure genius - what sane person would use them in a film? All the OTT scenes, different colouring, mystic triangle, Zunz-Gryphius-Red... one hell of a film. Where RT has a certain self-conciousness, DATC is beyond any second thoughts.