What film means to me
Personal note
Film, like music, is communication. I love moral dilemmas, gray areas, multidisciplinary stories, science that becomes philosophy, and art that makes me feel something before I can explain it. Arrival stayed with me because it treats language as a force that shapes reality, empathy, and even moral imagination. Samsara feels like a meditation. Prisoners asks what morality becomes under pressure. Incendies leaves you in shock. I like work with depth: make me think, make me feel, then make me reconsider what I thought I understood.
I look for communication under the plot: moral pressure, altered mental states, language shaping reality, spirituality, shock, empathy, and scenes that make the whole story rearrange itself in your head. The best films move first, then explain themselves later.