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| Also Known As: - | |
| Year of first release: 2011 | |
| Director: Ian Fitzgibbon | |
| Actors: Thomas Brodie-Sangster | |
| Country: IRL | |
| Genre: Drama | |
| Conditions of visioning: 20.08.2012, Schauburg, OV | |
| Synopsis: A teenager suffers from cancer and creates his own comic world, where he is a superhero that all girls want. | |
| Review: Stories about how people struggle with cancer are quite classical nowadays. But expressing the rebellion through a comic and the interference of comic characters into his real life and vice-versa are particularly well done (symbolism-wise and esthetic-wise). The story is not melodramatic and gives a very authentic impression. The actors are also authentic; they do not seem to be acting. | |
Rating: 8 /10
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More than entertainment, an Art.
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Death of a superhero (2011)
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Thanks for the review. I wanna see it now!
ReplyDeleteFor those in Germany, the title is "Am Ende eines viel zu kurzen Tages" (took me some time to find it), in cinemas August 30th.
Raf you forgot to mention Andy Serkis (King Kong, Burke & Hare), is he good?
You can find a better movie cover here: http://theculturevulture.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/death-of-a-superhero-500x740.jpg
Oh yes! The cover is much better. Andy Serkis is quite good. His face is really like his role of mentor, psychologist-thanatologist.
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