Diary entries forThe Servant
The Servant
A imagem refletida, as sombras que precedem os corpos e os zooms em rostos que não se encaram diretamente. A forma como Losey capta esses personagens quase nunca de forma frontal é algo até místico, o espelho que deforma rostos, deforma espaços e mascara as reais intensões do empregado. É a irmã que surge como forma de ajuda, uma desconfiança que parece implicância por ser um criado e não uma criada e por fim toda essa fachada em torno das reais intensões de Barret. Em determinado ponto Losey brinca com gêneros, começa como um Thriller noir extremamente sexual (embora as imagens não sejam tão explícitas), vira um Romcom que lembra demais o que Hitchcock fazia com seus filmes queer-coded e no fim um filme de culto. Culto a frontalidade, os reflexos que não estão mais distorcidos, as faces que não tem polidez, boas maneiras e nem precisam fingir pertencer a uma elite "civilizada" e vícios sejam da carne ou narcóticos. No fim são fumaças, sexo e desejo. Que tesão!
The Servant
“I don't give a tinker's gob what you think!” Deliciously delirious, The Servantexplores the classism within the film through sexual tension. Dirk Bogarde manages to deliver one of his best performances that I’ve seen from him, thus far. I don’t have much to say about this one besides the fact that Dirk was the standout. I felt it went a bit too long and I slowly lost interest in seeing the power dynamic between the two leads play out. I also found it a little confusing in the later half, even though I found that half the best.
The Servant
the second half was delicious, absolutely fascinating. and omg pta has definitely seen this film, it seems. love it! think my favorite type of stories are the ones that deal with power struggles -- exhilarating stuff.
The Servant
Incredible. Truly starting the year off strong. A perfect film with constantly good blocking that rears you in, slowly, anxiously, into the power imbalance between master and servant. And between both roles is the subtly of a deranged queer love that I wish was explored more. But at the heart of it, what is the mirror but a passageway into our deepest desires and sickest psyches? Beautiful shots, and AGAIN, blocking is incredible, and loved the way this looks in black and white. There's a scene in which they both play ball along the staircase, watching them entrapped in shadows and a dutch tilt and AGAIN blocking that speaks for the entirety of the film. A masterwork in framing a shot and creating quiet tension to add up to a fun, twisted end.
