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Maloin prowadzi życie pozbawione perspektyw. Mieszka na brzegu niekończącego się morza i prawie nie zauważa otaczającego go świata. Zaakceptował już powolny i nieuchronny rozkład życia wokół niego i całkowitą samotność. Jednak jego życie nagle zmienia się, gdy staje się on świadkiem morderstwa. Bohater staje twarzą w twarz z takimi problemami jak moralność, grzech, kara i granica między niewinnością a współudziałem w zbrodni. W stanie zwątpienia zadaje sobie ontologiczne pytanie o sens i wartość istnienia. (New Horizons International Film Festival)
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Like all of Béla Tarr's previous films, The Man from London is anchored in the director's exceptional stylistic vision, while the subject of interest for the narrator, and thus also for the viewer, is not the story, but rather the structurally precise composition of shots, the spirituality surrounding the world of the main characters, and the temporal construction of each scene. In a film with detective elements, where the central event is a murder and the only witness is at the centre of the narrative, the tension is not created by anticipating the murder (it takes place in the opening minutes) or moving towards its investigation; rather, each shot is suspenseful, beginning slowly, then coming to its key message, and then fading freely again, even though the action has already ended. The film thus perfectly reflects the loneliness of the main anti-hero, working on a deserted harbour dock, showing his inner dilemma of what to do with the money left at the crime scene and helping the viewer acclimatise to the bleak environment and accept the created world as realistic. And as far as Miroslav Krobot is concerned, his performance is precise and in a way captivating, I wish him more opportunities like this.
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Miroslav Krobot is fully displaying his minimalist acting, which slightly reminds me of Mr. Hrušínský. A single glance, the movement of a single facial muscle, and you can immediately read everything from his face. But even Krobot doesn't act in a film that only proves to me that Tarr will not be my cup of film reel.
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