Luz [Blu-ray]

Rented this and tried to watch it twice - failed both times. No idea what was going on and didn't care to stay long enough to figure it out. Pretentious and boring.

I mean if you like movies that are different then here you go, well made.

Other than an imaginative and intriguing set piece involving the recreation of a car crash, Luz doesn't have much to offer in the scare category, or even creepiness. It gets a little too artsy (at least for me), and I was left utterly confused by the end. I dunno what it was going for, really. There was so much potential, but it ultimately struggles to reach its own runtime and keep the viewer engaged. Visually, it is a good-looking film and the actors all do fine jobs. It's whatever. Glad I watched it, in a way.

Saw this at the IFC center in New York and couldn’t stop thinking about it so I had to watch it again...everything I could want in a movie. Great visuals, intensity, humour, and blasphemy!

The movie started slow.I had no idea what was going on.the description says she was running from a possessed woman but they were only together in the cab scene.it made no sense.no plot.it completely sucked!!!! It would not have gotten a star at all but I had no choice.at the end who was talking?a ghost a person??who knows!!!

Gorgeous imagery and compelling story. The acting seemed pretty top-notch, but I don’t speak the language so I could be wrong

It's a good film technically with an interesting delivery. I'm interested to see what the director does next.It could have been told in a less time and felt like there was some repetition to pad out the movie. The story was your standard horror fare. It's a pretty thin plot.

I take it that they were trying to be original in their approach to the usual 'demonic possession' story but they've missed the landing lights and went off the tarmac by its own obscurity.

Luz...ist die Abschlussarbeit Tilman Singer's für die Filmhochschule und sein Debutfilm. Mit einer Laufzeit von knapp 70 Minuten ist er eher kurz ausgefallen, was umso mehr verwundert wenn man die Langsamkeit so mancher Szene sich noch einmal vor Augen führt. Häufig streuen die Darsteller auch dramatische Pausen in ihre theatralischen Dialoge ein, und zum Teil sind die Darsteller echt schlecht. Schlechtes Spiel und lange Pausen, was ergibt das?Einen anstrengenden Kunstfilm dessen Filmkunst von ihrem Wahnsinn lebt.Summer’s dayAs she passed awayBirds were singingIn the summer skyThen came the rainAnd once againA tear fellFrom her mother’s eye(Blasphemous Rumors - Martin L. Gore)Blasphemie, Vulgarität, Experimentalität und manchmal große Momente. Festgehalten auf grieseligem Film. Ich mag diesen Look, und die stimmige Musikuntermalung. Leider sind einige Dialoge nur schwer zu verstehen, weil undeutlich (und leise) gesprochen.Da zeigt sich auch besonders stark, das der Film sich näher an einem sehr guten Hobbyfilm bewegt, als an einer professionellen Studioproduktion sich orientiert..Dieser Film hat so seine Momente, aber auch Momente die so kein Film sind oder zumindest nicht sein sollten.Wie Milch die stockt und zwar zu Quark wird, aber zu mager ist um selbst auf den eigenen Beinen zu stehen.Zumindest wackelig im Stand.So zerrissen wie der Film, ist auch meine Meinung über ihn. Der Wiedersehwert dürfte für die Meisten eher gering ausfallen, aber einmal sollte man ihn zumindest gesehen haben, wenn man ein Freund alternativer Seherlebnisse ist....ifer