Thanks for watching! What's YOUR favourite mind bending film? Also, i cried all three times i watched this film. This video was a very special one for me.

@vb2388

3 жыл бұрын

Eraserhead

@evanmiller5855

3 жыл бұрын

Donnie Darko always impressed me.

@hebemariacarreira8344

3 жыл бұрын

Lovely! Superb! 💜🎥💜

@tobiasmattsson9285

3 жыл бұрын

The Lighthouse and Annihilation, I can't decide which

@DangerBay

3 жыл бұрын

I Heart Huckabees, Hereditary, The Platform was AMAZING check it out right now if you've never seen it, The Belko Experiment was fun, Mother was jsut fucking weird but still pretty cool, Inception is great, The Prestige, lots more.... movies are awesome. Oh, Coherence was pretty wild too if anyone has never seen it, it's worth a watch. Also, Oculus, it's about a crazy mirror that kills people, so messed up. Also Tenet was a trip.

I remember having to lie to my Grandfather so much. He would ask where Madeline was (his wife that had died before I was born) and I would have to lie and say she went to the store or somewhere. I remember the first time I made the mistake of telling him that she was dead and having him cry and be confused. His mind was so frazzled. So instead, I started lying and later on he would take a drive and remember, come back with tear streaks down his face, and then go take a nap. It hurt watching him suffer through that so many times. He was grieving her death over and over and over. He's gone now, but those memories really stick out to me.

@maggiemakri9798

3 жыл бұрын

🙏

@SpikimaMovies

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for sharing. That's an incredible (-y heartbreaking) story.

@filmfilms9579

3 жыл бұрын

This is so heartbreaking, I'm so sorry.

@nellyb1594

3 жыл бұрын

I'm sorry you had to see, and he had to go through, that. My stepdad's dad moved in with us once his Parkinson's disease kept him from taking care of himself. It was nearly the opposite. His mind would mostly be there, but his body just would not do what he wanted or needed it to. Now I'm afraid of dying old.

@rae8961

3 жыл бұрын

@Ramen Noodles well, my parents and aunts debated taking his keys away. They were scared he would drive off far away and then forget where he was and be lost. There are horror stories of that kind of thing happening. But then again, he loved driving. It was the only thing he had left that he really loved to do. It calmed him down and made his head clearer. Often, when he would drive, things he had forgotten about (like his wife's death) he would remember again. But since he was so old and would die soon, they decided to not take his keys. He ended up dying of black lung (perks of living in the Appalachians where coal is a major staple) a year after the whole key debate started anyway.

The "You're going to be all right in a moment" line really got me. I've worked at multiple nursing homes and sometimes you just had to stay with them until... The dementia took them to a happier place again. The sad part would pass and they would go back to looking out the window.

@rjkore5229

Жыл бұрын

Forgive my obviousness but ignorance is indeed bliss...

@Nebol

Жыл бұрын

It's both comforting and so incredibly sad...

@PeriodDrama

Жыл бұрын

That’s so terrifying, I’m definitely going to Switzerland before slowing myself to get like that.

@PetrolPatrol

2 ай бұрын

@@PeriodDrama Yeah me too, counting down the years.

This film profoundly broke my heart.

@UltimateKyuubiFox

3 жыл бұрын

@ׁ Good thing they didn’t say that, then, otherwise it would mean they were dead.

@leonardolupini3484

2 жыл бұрын

That end scene was devastating to watch, just as it must have felt for Anthony as he spiralled into the abyss of confusion and anguish. One of the best endings ever in cinema.

My grandmother had Alzheimer's, and although I was not there to experience it on a regular basis since I had moved abroad several years earlier, I did hear stories from my dad. A couple of months before she passed away, I came to visit her with my wife and two kids. It was her first time seeing my youngest one and maybe the 4th time seeing my oldest one. Before the visit my dad told me that she could almost not string complete sentences together and that she was more or less gone, and that I had to prepare myself for the absolute worst. But when I met her, she was completely normal, same old grandma. She remembered everything. It was like her disease was completely gone, just for that one hour. My dad was absolutely speechless, he could not believe his eyes. There is definitely something in there that triggers the memory for the poor souls with this disease.

@marcelomarquez2089

8 ай бұрын

So it could be said that memories still exists, but it's the mind that forgot how to recall them?

@SomiaDz

2 ай бұрын

The same thing used to happen to my grandma. Sometimes she'd be confused, sometimes she'd remember everything as if she didn't have Alzheimer's, and sometimes she'd start talking about things that happened in the past as if they were happening right then. This disease is really scary.

I absolutely love the movies which uses cinematic tricks to make us as a spectator see and feel like we actually have the protagonists mental illness, it's genius (love your essay videos ❤️)

@Julia-dl4tn

3 жыл бұрын

the confusing and mixed timeline in a movie with the perspective of a protagonist that has dementia

@sem2669

3 жыл бұрын

@@Julia-dl4tn Memento does this brilliantly, too

This movie totally broke my heart. I still get choked in tears every time I see Anthony Hopkins crying in the ending.

@Nebol

Жыл бұрын

Him regressing into the child he once was was hard to watch... His mind gave up and rolled back his adult life... and left a scared boy yearning for the safety his mother represented. She will make everything alright, she always does. And he found comfort in Catherine's arms, listening to her talk about everyday things, a walk in the park, the trees, a siesta.. nice distractions to focus on, and he answers "yes"... "yes"... "yes"... it's all he can do... as much to comfort and convince himself as it is a response to her...

@QueenCousland

9 ай бұрын

So do I. I really wish I could watch it again, but just remembering the last scene makes me want to cry, and a terrible feeling fills me every time.

Well deserved oscar for Hopkins.. I think its safe to say that Hopkins has equalled or may also surpassed Jack Nicholson in terms of an overall actor.. Both are 83, yet Nicholson retired 10 years ago and Hopkins still killing the game in his 80s..

@weshansen7892

3 жыл бұрын

It almost feels bad that we can't give him any higher award, he's at the top and I wish we could show him how much we appreciate him even more

@gawaniwhitecrow2731

3 жыл бұрын

I disagree, they both have thier niches, but Nicholson has done more obscure and variable work. Hopkins has only ever been a classical actor, he evokes Shakespeare in all his roles even this one. They are both amazing ofc, but Nicholson has this one. The Oscars aren't really a good form of recognition imo due to thier political nature but even on that front Jack has only slightly less than DDL too.

@ksta1996

2 жыл бұрын

i don't think there is any point in comparing them. They are both wonderful and very different. Both can play any type of character you can imagine, although because of Nicolson features I think it's harder to place him in a role of soft character, while hopkins can switch really easily from madness to kindness

@mattmolloy636

2 жыл бұрын

Fact: the crime that forced Roman Polanski to flee the country like a coward took place at Jack Nicholson’s house, while he was home ofc.

The Father is a masterclass in editing and acting

@Nebol

Жыл бұрын

Truly.

So spot on about scene 6. That's the part that I got rly scared for Anthony and knew the movie was special.

Your videos, in a way, particularly this one, feel this way too, like a movie of its own, with structure and great editing. I loved the use of music in this, as well as the moments of silence. And the timeline you constructed. It was overall an awesome video of one of my favorite movies of last year.

@SpikimaMovies

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the great review of my review ;) appreciate it!

@xsomeNOOBx

3 жыл бұрын

This reads as simultaneously mocking and sincere.

@FaiaHalo

3 жыл бұрын

@@xsomeNOOBx "mocking" lol how so? well, I can guarantee it was completely sincere since I really appreciate the amount of work that is seen in each one of the channel's videos.

@xsomeNOOBx

3 жыл бұрын

@@FaiaHalo I 100% believe you. This video, especially some parts near the end has a manner of speaking that is popular among video essayists. Like your comment, it can be characterized by, a highly punctuated, drawn out style, using the pauses for a lot of emphasis, on the weight of what is being said. A style of presentation I am not fond of and seriously couldn't tell if you were mocking it or were sincere. Now I know!

Been here since the parasite video I feel like a proud father remember me when you hit a million

@SpikimaMovies

3 жыл бұрын

I will chicken man. At the very least for that name of yours, chicken man.

This film hit me like a truck, shows just how powerfull art can be

I can't believe how many details I've missed, but the movie did an amazing job of making you feel like something is out of place. The scene of Anthony's room in then end, where it was shot like the Apartment was so good, definitely my favorite movie of last year. Also amazing video as always, appreciate the effort you put into these videos

Your video was a fantastic piece in itself. I opened this up, earlier today, closed it to go and rent the film. I came back to this and nearly lost it when you ended the way you did. Wonderful, haunting, and so beautiful.

I tried very hard to watch this... but I started it soon after my great grandmother had passed away (she'd had Alzheimer's for over a decade)... I couldn't. I just bawled. Even watching this video had me sobbing.

Amazing breakdown as usual, also your editing has improved a lot, well done dude 👍

This is such a high quality video, the analysis the graphics for visual explanation, everything is great.

At 4:40 you can see a map on the wall. That matches the same postcard Anne send to Anthony at the end of the film. Interesting

That ending "The Beginning" literally got me for a moment thinking I was just about to begin watching this...great job. Thank you so much for covering this. My grandfather suffered from Alzheimer's and Dementia. I fear it could run in my family...

awesome video man! I watched the movie with my father (and his father has dementia and is living in a nursing home) it was hard for him to watch, but he's glad he did. It helped him understand what his father is going through on a day-to-day basis and how his memory is affected by this illness. Thanks for a great analysis, it really helps put the pieces/scenes together!

This film has fucking destroyed me time and again Some of the best cinematography i've seen

Love you and your videos, also very clever ending revolving around the premise of the movie

@SpikimaMovies

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you noticed the ending! Love right back at you.

This video is so well crafted that I found myself tearing up multiple times throughout it. Both from remember this film that I have a hard time putting back together even though I recall enjoying it immensely, and from the work you did with its presentation and analysis. Absolutely fabulous, can't believe I only found your channel now. I stopped mid-way through your Handmaiden video because I want to rewatch it soon in order to fully appreciate the video. That, to me, is the most valuable form of content when it comes to film and I hope you keep doing this for as long as you desire. Thank you

Really enjoyed this movie, it hits a strong nerve though as my Grandpa is getting old and starting to show signs of mental decline, great movie and a great video as always, thanks!

I cried during the film and now I have cried on this review

I love watching and listening to your essay videos, clear, comprehensive and has so many interesting takes on a movie. It really helps me to learn what the movie is really projecting/telling the audience. Nicely done!

"Father" is one of the Best movies of this season. Hell, I would say its the best. It somehow manages to mix "regular" drama it seema to be based on the synopsis, with a horror. This movie is absolutely terryfying, because how real it all seems to be, and that it could happen to all of us. My absolutr favorite of all the Oscar movies this Year.

I was crying on an airplane to Colorado first time I watched this masterpiece

if you're interested, a musician by the name of The Caretaker made a series of albums that, to me, seem to wholly capture (over 6 hours) the onset through the end of dementia and it is haunting and beautiful and extremely terrifying. definitely worth a listen since it seems like you really know/care a lot about dementia and people suffering from it!

@theoneandonlymr.d

3 жыл бұрын

i was literally just trying to get my mind off of that (bc it scared me out of a healthy sleep schedule) and then this video got uploaded lmao

@MichaelJohnson-kq7qg

3 жыл бұрын

"Everywhere at the End of Time". Beautiful. Gruelling. Amazing. Heartbreaking.

the ending hurt my soul.

An interesting analysis. In retrospect, the director's choices to change colours, move furniture and so forth are obvious. However, not knowing, upon first viewing, these subtle changes are happening develops a sense of covert confusion in the viewer. This provocative feeling of unease is a perfect adjunct to Anthony's illness. We become as perplexed as him when things don't make sense.

I love video essay channels and subscribed to lots of them. How did I even miss this one smh

Spikima, this is the first channel I watched and truly, immediately subscribed with the bell notification bc it’s just so damn gd.

Great breakdown of a bloody great film!

Watched your review on the lighthouse, one of my favorites of the 2010s. Now I watch your review on the father, one of my favorites of the 2020s so far. And I must say your skills and technique improved a lot. I found it quite to listen to you at your lighthouse review, I am not a english native, but here again it is very clear. Wanted to drop this. Hope you will go on and further.

wow, the writing and editing of this video is wonderful! great video mate

Been watching Screened’s videos on surrealism, and I feel this movie should be considered when discussing surrealism in film. When describing it as mind bending, you hit the nail right on the head. To use surrealism for symbolism often will make you think. But in it’s use in The Father, it makes you feel. Because this surrealism is far too real of a thing. Great film analysis as always! Your videos are always superb!

It was my favourite of this year's oscars nominations aswell! Damn, such a good movie, superb acting by Anthony Hopkins, brilliant editing, production design, soundtrack... And such a good video this one! I really like your channel, you deserve alot more subs and views and I'm glad im already here before that happens! Keep it up :)

With covid and all the debacle last year, cant believe we still had two great films released last year. The father and Nomadland imo!

With so many FILM analysis channels out in Social media it becomes a real YAWN to listen to these… HOWEVER, this is one channel I really like. It’s well structured, intelligent, informative to the next film makers of tomorrow & brilliantly edited. 10/10 Spikima. This really reminds me of Every Frame A Painting by Tony.

Great analysis!! Hopkins' acting is superb!!..much more demanding than his role in Silence of the Lambs

Beautiful essay dude. I'm truly in awe of The Father. One of the most riveting movies I've ever experienced.

honestly, i sat ihe cinema, and just sank in my seat when the scene came. And loudly said "wow." Such technical mastery

I'm so glad I found your channel, a great find !

The ending upset me so much D': such a powerful film

this video is absolutely incredible. A wonderful movie and a phenomenal review and work of editing here; thank you!

This was such a brilliant movie !

Well done once again!

Hoping this video blows up!!!

Seeing Anthony Hopkins aging makes me really sad :(

@MrJC1

Жыл бұрын

But he is still so good!

What's so interesting with this film is that it creates a mesmerizing experience from something that so many people can relate to. It's not some secret mission around the world. Most people have had some experience with dementia in the family.

this movie made me so sad because my grandma is starting to forget things

This film should be given to families of people that suffer from this condition imo. Was an amazing performance by all involved.

Well done analysis. Such a great, meaningful, devastating film, and one of cinema's greatest performances from Anthony Hopkins.

This movie is full of pain💔

I had an stroke 3 years agi and it was confusion and chNge of scenarios constantly and still pounding my mind, im glad that they made this movie it's scary but real

such an intelligent analysis, thank you for this

I genuinely thought this video's views would be in the millions. Fantastically done; subbed :,)

"...Rain doesn't wait for us to get home...nor does it stop because we have a umbrella..."

As a child I knew my nan had dementia and she lived for many years in a vegetative state only eating. And asking for my grandfather who died. I knew naturally to pretend he was coming. My mother is now starting to go through the same decline. I find this so incredibly hard. I constantly feel like I’m not being good enough for her. I’m frustrated. She’s so upset. I don’t know when I will have to move in with her

Come on dude!! This is a KZread video! Your video editing is too BRILLIANT!! We don't deserve this 😫😭👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

@SpikimaMovies

3 жыл бұрын

;) much appreciated!!

This was amazing.

Great stuff once again man! 👌

I didn't sée it, it's look so sade..I'll cry, i'am sûre. My best actor.. je ne l'ai pas encore vu par manque de tact..Thank you Sir..

this is a great video man, it's a whole experience.

Dementia is a hell of a thing. I never experienced dealing with someone who has it, but my parents told me about my great grandmother who died a few years before I was born. How she would lose her way home in our own neighborhood. How she would hear loud engines and think she was still back in war times. She died in her 90s. I thought about it the other day and it just hit me that my grandparents are gonna be that age in a few years. I watched this movie last year and that fact just made it more terrifying

I was emotionally drained by the end of the movie

I saw you upload this video and i watched the movie just to watch your take on it.

Its the helplessness of the whole situation that is so heartbreaking.

This video has some of the most phenomenal editing I've ever seen. Wow!

I’m gonna miss Anthony Hopkins when he passes, he’s a great actor

It's quite funny that the actor and character has the same name, and when the doctor asks him his birthdate, he says "31 December, 1937", which is also the real birthdate of the real Anthony (Hopkins). I admire how he decided to be in a movie that has the possibility to be his real near fate. (he is 85).

This movie blew me away big time

홉킨스옹 연기가 정말 좋았던 영화였죠 ~~ 오늘은 자막이 있어 일찍 잘수 있겠네요!! 잘 볼게요 ^^

@SpikimaMovies

3 жыл бұрын

늘 감사합니다 ㅎㅎ

Olivia Colman breaking my heart the whole movie

꺄아 새영상이다❤️ 잘볼께요!!ㅎㅎ

@SpikimaMovies

3 жыл бұрын

꺄아 감사합니다 ❤

What a heartbreaking movie.

Whenever I recommend this film, I will make them watch this video straight after, so it all perfectly sinks in on how clever and sad this film is

So you're saying it's all just a burning memory?

It's very simple -> I saw this video -> Understood nothing -> Watched the movie -> Understood nothing ->Rewatched this video -> the 'AHHHHHH' moment.

Nolan wishes he were this clever

@vb2388

3 жыл бұрын

Memento and The Prestige are far better mind bender of films than The Father 🙄

@Otanru

3 жыл бұрын

The mind bending tricks in The Father serves the story well, while Nolan’s mind benders mostly make me feel nothing more than “wow I see what you did there, it’s cool that the end is actually the beginning...okay... very cool 👍”

@anthonyweston630

2 жыл бұрын

@@vb2388 Tenet was a pure vanity piece though. Utter trash

What a fantastic video. Well done

My literal worst nightmare is losing my mind. Crazy to think it's natural...

@PeriodDrama

Жыл бұрын

Me too, I would undertake euthanasia in Switzerland at the first signs. Not joking.

This is a wonderful video essay

I have noticed that many people get confused about the whole paris thing. I just watched it and i think i know the answer to this. She says she met someone and would be moving to paris, but then later says she isn't and that shes staying in london (denies it - which leaves you wondering how that could be the case but you have to remember this film spans years of memories). I believe this is because she changed her mind after mentioning it the first time. Anthony merges memories together. When Anthony mentions her husband for instance, she doesn't default to Paul at this stage, she defaults to James and how they are no longer together. This is a memory from before she met "Paul" merging in. I believe that she decided to stay in london and look after Anthony because there was lots of stuff going on regarding the doctors etc and she didn't want to leave him on his own before sorting it all out. This took time because she didn't want to notify the doctor of the true details of her dads health deteriorating. It isn't the first time as we also get told by the "Paul" character that they had to cancel their trip to italy because of Anthony's health problems. Later on she finally follows through with her original plan when he is fully taken in to the care home and settled in. At this point she knows that he will not be on his own, will be cared for, and she can finally begin moving on with her life that has been on hold for years.

This movie broke me

Awesome video.

Everybody will get old when time comes no excape😢

Bro your observation is out or the world❤️

Bro... you are amazing 🖤

Great video!

Hey! I was a little bit confused whether Sewell character was James of Paul, but finally I came to the conclusion it was Paul and James was just a backstory that Anthony remembers well enough. You called him James in your video, could you please explain why do you think that was James? I like that theory too!

@daanothoff

3 жыл бұрын

I noticed the exact same thing. To me, Anne's husband's name is Paul. Not James.

@TheSchaef47

Жыл бұрын

I thought this as well. And in the credits he's named Paul. But the movie opens with her mentioning Paul without any indication that he's supposed to remember having met Paul. And the argument they have in this scene is about taking a trip to Italy. In short, I assumed he was Paul up until the video calls him James, and now it makes me wonder. I need to go back and see if she ever calls him Paul. He might actually be projecting his memory of James, who he's met, with Paul, whom we never meet, but is just substituted intermittently with James or with Bill. This also fits into a theory I'm developing where the first and last scenes are the only truly lucid ones and everything in between is him jumbling up times and faces in the months since Anne left. But I don't have a strong thesis for that yet.

How beautiful vídeo. 🥰

u´re so amazing!!

great work!

Great video

climax next? and congratz to 100k subs

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I hate sunny weather though....