Biutiful' is beautiful and powerful film as a cinematic experience. Biutiful was a film I had been waiting to watch for a long time. The Film was different from other Innaritu's movies where multiple narratives and multiple stories intertwine with each other. This was a linear movie, taking us into a journey of the crumbling world of a man named Uxbal (Javier Bardem). He is a multifaceted person, a sort of a vintage urban survivor who is a devoted father, tormented lover,mystified son, a ghost seeker, underground business man etc.To appreciate this movie we have to wear an objective hat and throw away subjectivity to the fullest extent possible otherwise it would just seem as a depressing saga. The narration in the trailer below provides us the gist of the movie. "Sometimes fate is like a small sandstorm that keeps changing directions. You change direction but the sandstorm chases you. You turn again, but the storm adjusts. Over and over you play this out, like some ominous dance with death just before dawn. ...
An you really will have to make it through that violent, metaphysical, symbolic storm. No matter how metaphysical or symbolic it might be, make no mistake about it: it will cut through flesh like a thousand razor blades. People will bleed there, and you will bleed too. Hot, red blood. You'll catch that blood in your hands, your own blood and the blood of others. "
An you really will have to make it through that violent, metaphysical, symbolic storm. No matter how metaphysical or symbolic it might be, make no mistake about it: it will cut through flesh like a thousand razor blades. People will bleed there, and you will bleed too. Hot, red blood. You'll catch that blood in your hands, your own blood and the blood of others. "
Fate is a more than a small sandstorm and it cannot be escaped. Uxbal tries to fight with fate, but fighting with fate is like fighting with a shadow with only hurt in return. Life doesn't turn out like a popular flick or fiction where fate can be twisted to your own favor. Uxbal implicitly understands the inevitability of fate and tries to undertake things with atmost caution but trouble is chasing him all the time. The ardous journey that Uxbal has to undergo cannot be shortened and his life is going down a steep road without friction.
Javier Bardem was spellbinding in this hard hitting role and he has given the performance of his lifetime. Bardem gets into the skin of Uxbal and his intensity can be felt by us. A film in which the actor and the role really merges and produce an outstanding performance. A great work of art tries to portray its subject in such a manner that the observer can feels the subject. If misery is portrayed then the audience should feel the misery. This is where Biutiful does well. The film is minimalistic in terms of narrative technique unlike other innovative movies of Alejandro Innaritu. But we get absorbed in the miserable life of Uxbal. The camerawork is also quite impressive. The movie conveys that fate is inevitable and we cannot fight it and death is a smooth passage. "When you come out of the storm your life would not be the same, it would be beautiful".
Javier Bardem was spellbinding in this hard hitting role and he has given the performance of his lifetime. Bardem gets into the skin of Uxbal and his intensity can be felt by us. A film in which the actor and the role really merges and produce an outstanding performance. A great work of art tries to portray its subject in such a manner that the observer can feels the subject. If misery is portrayed then the audience should feel the misery. This is where Biutiful does well. The film is minimalistic in terms of narrative technique unlike other innovative movies of Alejandro Innaritu. But we get absorbed in the miserable life of Uxbal. The camerawork is also quite impressive. The movie conveys that fate is inevitable and we cannot fight it and death is a smooth passage. "When you come out of the storm your life would not be the same, it would be beautiful".
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