Ghost Song

shookone1.5

Akin finally letting loose, and just accepting that hyperschmaltz is his genre. his stylistical flaws (especially his atrocious acting guidance, in combination with the terrible ADR work in the post), and general leaning into artificiality on the visual level makes sense for the megakitsch that Geister is. leads to this - maybe sadly - ranking in the top 3 of his oeuvre.although this won't go into my personal worst of the festival top 10, it does have the singular most disgraceful scene of the whole paltry edition (the phone call on the tower), so there's at least that 'win' for the film. funny though how Akin just misses the underlying themes (suicidal ideation, imagination & projection etc) so blatantly, of course because a leopard can't change his mushy, cheesy spots.~ Hamburg 34 ~

Marcel1.5

ich erkenne den film, den fatih denkt gemacht zu haben. leider hab ich den nicht gesehen.

aziz0404.0

Me when I’m obsessed with that one song. Now that I had some time to process, I realize I’m mesmerized by this movie. Fatih Akin telling a love story again, was something I was longing for since "Head on" and I think it worked perfectly. The city (that I’m from hehe) and it’s flaws, but also the beautiful places it takes place. The acting for most of the part and the madness that was going on is just so good, I couldn’t describe my feelings for it. Some scenes had me on the edge of my seat. But some things just didn’t work for me and that’s why I can’t go higher in my rating. But please if you’re watching this, don’t read a synopsis or watch a trailer. This works best, if you don’t know anything about it. Trust.