• The Night (Iran / US) 2020

    From william ahearn@21:1/5 to All on Wed Aug 11 17:41:14 2021
    Hey,

    A dark, atmospheric tale told slowly. Considered a horror movie, this film isn't intended for teens on a date night with buckets of popcorn. This film lives in the mind and that is where it plays.

    The story is of a couple and their baby visiting friends and on the way back home it's determined that the husband shouldn't be driving and they stop at a downtown hotel. Almost immediately, odd events occur, and strangers momentarily pass in their way.
    The concierge – for example – has tales to tell the husband and all of them involve violent death. Little by little, it becomes apparent that maybe this wasn't the best place to stop. Then again, maybe it's them and not the hotel.

    The couple learn things about each other and then slowly it seems that not only is the narrator unreliable, the movie itself may not be trusted.

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  • From prairieevaluate@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jan 8 14:21:49 2022
    william ahearn wrote:
    Hey,

    A dark, atmospheric tale told slowly. Considered a horror movie,
    this film isn't intended for teens on a date night with buckets of
    popcorn. This film lives in the mind and that is where it plays.

    The story is of a couple and their baby visiting friends and on the
    way back home it's determined that the husband shouldn't be driving
    and they stop at a downtown hotel. Almost immediately, odd events
    occur, and strangers momentarily pass in their way. The concierge –
    for example – has tales to tell the husband and all of them involve
    violent death. Little by little, it becomes apparent that maybe this
    wasn't the best place to stop. Then again, maybe it's them and not the
    hotel.

    The couple learn things about each other and then slowly it seems
    that not only is the narrator unreliable, the movie itself may not be
    trusted.

    The wife being a hallucination is the vibe that I got
    from its trailer yet it's more than likely something else
    entirely....just the interesting editing choice that they did put the
    thought in my head.


    This is a response to the post seen at: http://www.jlaforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=603888264#603888264

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