Ambiguous films and their interpretations. Discussed in the Caretaker podcast

Not everyone likes simple plot films. And it’s true: it seems that there is no point in looking at a picture where everything is clear, logical, and generally stereotyped. It is much more interesting to delve into the unknown, discover new meanings in works that have been studied for a long time and offer more and more new interpretations.

In this issue, the hosts of the "Watchman" Alexei Khromov and Mikhail Volnyh try to figure out how the styles of Andrei Tarkovsky and Christopher Nolan, argue how to determine whether a "dummy" is in front of you or a work of genius, and are also looking for logic in the "Inner Empire" David Lynch.

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06:27 - Alexey talks about two conventional types of puzzles in cinema used by directors.

11:00 - about the film "Revolver" Guy Ritchie: why the director decided on such an experiment and why he no longer enters the territory of mysticism.

15:45 - about the most difficult for perception picture of David Lynch - "Inland Empire", which the director recently announced his final work in a big movie.

24:00 - about Svetlana Baskova's film "Kokki - The Running Doctor" and other post-Soviet experimental films: is it worth considering them as serious art or is all this absolute hooliganism.

30:30 - what is the problem of the series "Stay alive»: How the authors managed to confuse everything and not give an intelligible explanation at the end.

33:41 - about conspiracy theory in cartoons: "SpongeBob" and the seven deadly sins, as well as Bdsm-motives in stories about Mickey Mouse.

What to see on the topic

We have collected the films and TV shows mentioned in the issue:

• Under Silver Lake, directed by David Robert Mitchell, 2018.
• It, directed by David Robert Mitchell, 2014.
• «Mirror", Directed by Andrey Tarkovsky, 1974.
• Inception, directed by Christopher Nolan, 2010.
• «Argument», Directed by Christopher Nolan, 2020.
• Dunkirk, directed by Christopher Nolan, 2017.
• Revolver, directed by Guy Ritchie, 2005.
• Inland Empire 2006 directed by David Lynch.
• Mulholland Drive 2001 directed by David Lynch.
• "Kokki - the running doctor", director - Svetlana Baskova, 1998.
• "Green Elephant", director - Svetlana Baskova, 1999.
• "Two Captains - 2", director - Sergei Debizhev, 1992.
• Stay Alive, creators - J. J. Abrams, Damon Lindelof, Jeffrey Lieber, 2004-2010.
• "Stalker", director - Andrei Tarkovsky, 1979.

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