Really A GD Sad Movie
the spiraling descent into bleak despair will leave you holding your head in your hands while trying to avoid watching the unfolding tragedy and painful ending. whew.
shareI had to leave the theater 3/4 into this film.
Simply put, the realism got to me. I've experienced the death of a close relative due to cancer and while there was no neglect there and everything that we the family could do was done, those signs of the disease at the beginning, those comments, the helplessness of the protagonist.... too close to home.
Been trying to recall any other film I've walked out of. Can't remember any.
As for the 'humor/comedy' labelling... WTF? Even if I had not a biased opinion on the subject, doubt there's something remotely funny at least on what I saw. And if the funny stuff started with the doctors mocking him... 'black humor'? More like the equivalent of a snuff film. Making fun of a diseased man's plight. Oh boy.
Yes. Nothing funny about this movie. Im not sure why so many are complaining about the cinematography... I liked it. It was very voyueristic... almost like a reality tv show, but the kind of which you'd never see on prime time.
I was surprised to see so many medical "professionals" acting like they were royalty or something. Is it really like that in Romania? Unbelievable. I didn't feel sorry that Mr Lazarus was sick and dying, but I felt sorry that he had to be constantly ridiculed and humiliated by younger people who should know to respect their elders. Mr Lazarus died and was stripped of his dignity in the process.
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" I was surprised to see so many medical "professionals" acting like they were royalty or something. Is it really like that in Romania? "
Yes , it really is like that in Romanian hospitals , and even worse . In Bucharest no big hospital was built in the years after 1989 , those existing are neglected and the medical staff is getting worse and worse .
You'll find egotistical medical staff in any country.
shareThen, I can say that in Romania the medical staff is among the most egotistical ones in the world :(( And it`s widely known that so many nurses in the hospitals have "a good time" with the doctors during night shifts. That`s why, they don`t fear very much for losing their job because of malpractice...
shareExcept that I couldn't connect with that degree and prevalence of egotism. It looked so removed from my own experiences in the US that it looked practically extraterrestrial.
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