6/14/2023 0 Comments Bliss movie![]() Whenever the camera follows Jane while she's treading along the hallways of their big house, it brings a feeling of dread and impending threat, specially when she pass by an open door of a dark, empty (or not) room. The handheld shots of the film evokes a sense of uneasiness. When it comes to the film's technicalities, this movie is one handsome horror picture. I'm stuck in this demented mind of Jerrold Tarog, along with the rest of the hundreds of audiences inside that theater. I'm already hypnotized by this nightmarish fairy tale and I couldn't take my eyes off the screen anymore. I don't want to give out a lot of details because it will spoil everything but that scene was too much to handle that a part of me wants to cover my eyes until the scene fades away. ![]() I was covering my mouth with my handkerchief, held by my two hands, as I watch in shock in one cringe-worthy scene featuring a naked woman standing in front of a mirror, touching herself while she is having flashbacks of a lesbian molesting her when she was young. ![]() I remember myself during the screening of BLISS at CineAdarna. As the story progresses, director Jerrold hits us with these unsettling themes one blow after another. Aside from the film's dark humor, the film also pushes boundaries in Philippine cinema by featuring taboo themes that most directors and film companies are avoiding to tackle, like pedophilia, marital rape and commercialism. It's like a hybrid of something that the Sam Raimi and the late Wes Craven would make if they write a film while they're drugged. Instead, his witty script (he also penned the film) infuses dark humor to make the film stand out from the rest of the local horror films we've seen before. But Jerrold Tarog doesn't just settle for this. Until I saw BLISS.įirst and foremost, BLISS is a horror film. I haven't seen a local horror movie that I actually enjoyed. Unfortunately, I haven't seen one since the start of this year. And since then, I've been looking forward to seeing another good horror film. I've had some pretty good time watching that film. The last Filipino horror film that I've watched and enjoyed was Erik Matti's Seklusyon. So whenever I say that a horror movie is good, believe me. But luckily, there are some few good horror flicks that comes out of the blue that I get to enjoy. I don't get scared easily anymore, which is really depressing because whenever me and my friends watch horror movies in the theater, all of them are shrieking out of fright the whole time while I stare blankly at the screen. I guess this is the reason why I got so numb when it comes to horror movies. I remember, there was even a time when for one whole month, I was watching a horror movie almost every single day. I can’t fault his timeliness or his thesis, but this time machine isn’t sturdy enough to carry all that meaning.For the past years, I've seen a lot of horror films. Bliss tries to be a dramatic comedy about globalism, the gap between rich and poor and the coming apocalypse if we don’t do something about creating a fairer world. He wants to create his own worlds, which takes courage. Both Another Earth and I Origins played with ideas of science and parallel consciousness. All we have then is the backgrounds – the set-dressing and a series of visual puzzles and jokes that distract from the foreground, where an epic drama is supposed to be playing out between these two astral travellers.Ĭahill’s earlier films were well received at some big festivals. And without Isabel being fully credible, the film is lost. Either she doesn’t trust her director or he doesn’t trust her. Hayek, on the other hand, never looks comfortable. Wilson convinces us Greg’s torment is real and painful. As an allegory of mental illness, the film has some weight.
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