2007

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After Sex (2007,  Unrated)
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Moving McAllister (2007,  PG-13)
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Black Book (Zwartboek) (2007,  R)
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Slipstream (2007,  R)
Slipstream
Sir Anthony Hopkins is a true artist. He wrote, directed, composed and conducted this groundbreaking film, which explores the premise of a man who is caught in a slipstream of time and remembers his own future.

Much like a picasso painting, this film's artistic value is often misunderstood or under-appreciated by the casual viewer. Without prior explanation, the meaning may seem confusing and the style perhaps even uncomfortable. However, there is a deeper device at work here which merits a more considered preponderance.

The key to understanding Sir Hopkins' work is found in the title. 'Slipstream' is an effect experienced out of cognitive dissonance when inconsistent or fantasy elements intersect with otherwise realistic or consistent settings, creating simultaneous feelings of strangeness with familiarity. Here, tropes and cinematography are skilfully employed to create a slipstream for the viewer, in order to portray the slipstream felt by the central character.

The best explanation of Slipstream's true meaning is expressed by Anthony Hopkins himself, in the following quote :
  "I'm fascinated by time. I've written a script about the nature of reality... It's about reality and the illusion of life because life to me, as I get older, is so illusion-like, so dream-like, that I think it's all a dream. It's about a man, who's caught in a slipstream of time falling back on itself and he remembers his own future. My own interpretation is if there's a God, that God is actually time. I'm fascinated by the fact the older I get every moment just slips past. What is real? You grasp this moment and then it's gone. I was talking 10 minutes ago but that's all gone, it's all a dream. Maybe the puzzle of life is asking what it's all about. I've got a theory that at the moment of impact of death we'll wake up and say, 'Ah, that was it all along.' My life has been governed a lot by those thoughts and feelings."
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Cutlass (2007,  PG)

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