Azor movie7/4/2023 ![]() But our locales are places of secluded luxury, where fear of disappearance applied to assets more than people and rumors of bad things in other places still won’t disrupt cocktail soirees, pool time or racing thoroughbreds.įor a one percent unsure of their footing in a turbulent new world that might target them next, the personal attention of wealth managers becomes an essential security. Because moviegoing carries risks during this time, we remind readers to follow health and safety guidelines as outlined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and local health officials.Ī riddle wrapped in a mystery inside a junta, Swiss filmmaker Andreas Fontana’s ominously stirred thriller “Azor” drops us in Argentina circa 1980 when the country was in the grip of a military-led terror campaign. The neutral swiss transformed into a dostoïevskian wretch.The Times is committed to reviewing theatrical film releases during the COVID-19 pandemic. The final shot of the movie is hauntingly great. In this sense I would say the movie shows how this 'pure' individual is seemingly led to his corruption by his environment. But De Viel would have to throw his whole world with it: his wife, friend and job. It could be possible to reject this devil's offer. Everything seems to function as to push him towards this corruption. He does it to not 'lose face', and seems trapped by all that others have done before him : the founding grandfather of the bank, his father, his associate Keys. In my conclusion the movie shows how an apparently good man (as said by the wife of the second client) is psychologically led to corruption. Ultimately, I think that some answers are given. Who is keys? What has he done? Who is Lazaro? What does Azor mean? What does De Viel think? A beautiful thing occurs - our spirit is ever motivated and captivated. It is a movie that asks questions, and kept my mind wondering. I found in this movie, the elegant and rigid form of theater, as some sort of self imposed rule that magnifies the beauty of its story. There is a gradation, a progression in these loci. This reminded me of one of the few plays I have read: Dom Juan, where the protagonist is led closer and closer to the moment of reckoning until the end. The movie seems to operate in acts and scenes - in places which hold deep symbolic power - and that are more and more corrupted : the gala, the circle of arms, and finally the jungle - place of fascism itself. The symbolism is such that the movie has theatrical nature to it, in the sense that it tries less than other movies to give the illusion of the real. Finally he concludes a deal with a man whose name is 'manchado', which literally translates as 'soiled' in English : the corruption is complete. But as he comes closer to corruption, he starts touching it: a drink of gin is proposed to him, he shakes the hand of a man that has recently urinated. At the beginning, the purity of his mineral water is untouched. 'Purity' of the character is signified by the fact that he does not drink alcohol - while his wife drinks tea (the strategic drink of the masters of corruption), and the crooks feast on alcohol. The movie is about the process of corruption of a 'pure' man - replaying the topos of the corrupting colonies, one could read about in Conrad's work for instance. ![]() You will be in search of the Matrix (ie the meaning of the movie) and when it will be revealed, you will be in awe of the great coherence of the work. Its economical refinement is both visually and intellectually beautiful. ![]() It felt to me as if I was playing 'Where is Wally?'. Through its use of symbolism and its theatrical structure it gives the spectator plenty of room to be intellectually active in filling the blanks it leaves open. Contains spoilers.Īzor is a film you will enjoy for its superb economy of means. Hi everyone, I enjoyed watching Azor this week and would like to share some elements of analysis that the movie inspired me. ![]()
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