Blue Eyelids details
| Format: | 15 DVD |
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| Starring: | Enrique Arreola, Magali Boysselle, Armando Casas, Laura De Ita, Emma Dib, Mariana Giménez, Luisa Huertas, Juan Antonio Llanes, Arturo Lorca, Andrés Montiel, Cecilia Suarez |
| Director: | Ernesto Contreras |
| Genres: | Comedy, Drama, World Cinema - Spanish |
| Studio: | Axiom Films |
| Original title | Párpados azules |
| Name | Discs | |
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Blue Eyelids |
15 Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 1 hour 30 minutes |
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| Rental release: | 24 Aug 2009 |
| Main languages: | Spanish |
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slow moving, but interesting psychology
By carolinethefirst (14 reviews) from Liphook , 10 May 2009[Highly rated reviewer]
I guess typical in many ways of an art house film, Blue Eyelids relies on lingering shots and selective focusing and zooming to emphasise the point. I found this to become rather tedious after a while, and wished the film would gather a little pace.
That aside the film has some funny moments, and doesnt force upon us any conclusions or judgements about the two protagonists. We are merely given a frank account of our vulnerability in society, our isolation, and the way in which we all use each other, in a way that not always is detrimental.
Overall I did enjoy the film, the leads were very well cast.- Was this review helpful to you?
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(8)A thoughtful and beautiful exploration of solitude
By StMark (1 review) , 08 Oct 2011A thoughtful and beautiful exploration of solitude, inability of people to open up, be courageous with their emotions. It has been done with love and respect to other leading Mexican filmakers. It has inner light,tenderness and sense of humour, which is not up in your face, but warms you up slowly on reflection.- Was this review helpful to you?
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For people in Cannes
By a customer , 03 Sep 2011I suppose film people in Cannes would like it, but I found it very slow and boring. Too slow and a lot of navel-gazing.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Sorry, found this very disappointing
By a customer from Redhill , 18 Aug 2010Some comments from our living room:
'Who are the 2 most boring people in the universe?'
'1 1/2 hours of my life which I'll never get back'
'Who picked that film'?
'I think I'd rather go somewhere and watch paint dry'- Was this review helpful to you?
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Little narrative, but full of suppressed feelings
By a customer from Innerleithen , 27 Feb 2010Nothing much happens in this film, but I kept watching drawn in by the wealth of bottled-up emotions bubbling under the surface in the two lead characters. The actors are very good at playing two people unable to show their true feelings to each other. For most of the hour and half it's not a feel-good movie, but worth seeing.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Deifinitely not Blue Velvet
By Nitaray (222 reviews) from Farnham , 11 Nov 2009If you can go the distance, this is a rather lovely and sweetly simple story about two lonely and isolated people ,stuck in dead-end jobs, who meet after many years through a chance encounter. Will they fall in love? Will their dreadfully humdrum lives change overnight? We suspect not.
Most of all, it 's a reminder that not all relationships are based on physical attraction. Mutual need is the keynote in this thought- provoking film from Mexican director Ernesto Contreras.
Personally, I loved it.The actors are completely convincing in what must have been quite challenging roles.And although their apparent lack of emotion and almost expressionless faces, coupled with the long pauses and silences throughout the film are testing, I think it will probably be one to remember.
I will certainly look forward to seeing more from this talented young director.- Was this review helpful to you?
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