Cold Souls

Vi este filme ontem a noite sem saber nada a respeito. Realmente, eu não fazia idéia do que me esperava: “Cold Souls” é g-e-n-i-al! Tudo que você precisa saber é: o filme foi inspirado num sonho de Woody Allen, em que ele descobre que a sua alma é do tamanho de um grão. (IMDB)

While the comparisons to Eternal Sunshine and Being John Malkovich are inevitable, they’re also not quite right. Eternal Sunshine was about the messy business of loving another; Cold Souls, with the equally messy proposition of living with one’s self. Being John Malkovitch riffed comedy out of celebrity and stardom; Cold Souls examines sub-lebrity and acting. Cold Souls is a beautifully shot film, and it also becomes more than a little bit moving, as Giamatti struggles with a question we’ve all asked ourselves: Is it possible to remove the burden of our soul without taking away the benefit of it? Is it the very weight we struggle under that makes us strong? Part of the pleasure of Cold Souls is that as we watch Paul Giamatti struggle to understand his soul, we can’t help but cast a glance towards our own. Via.