Before I Disappear

I saw 'Curfew' first, and I knew what would happen once that twenty-minute gem was stretched to the length of a feature: all the prodding and padding of the source would see most of the magic slip away. If you liked this version, take the effort to find the original short. Everything that needed to be said here was more artfully managed in under a half-hour.

Remember the short film Curfew (2012) that won an Oscar? Before I Disappear is the long version of that film. I guess sometimes less is more.

Şehir başyapıtı. Ölmek için son anlarını yaşayan bağımlı genç, kardeşinin telefonuyla yeğenine bakmasını ister. Bu arada çalıştığı barda, bir kız ölür. Kız, gencin en iyi arkadaşının sevgilisidir. Konu içinde konusu, muhteşem oyunculuklar ve sinsi kurgusuyla 1 başyapıt. Ölümü ensenizde hissediyorsunuz. Filmin sonunda, iyi sonla kardeşler barışıyor. Vitamin alıyor musun? İlaç kullanıyorum. Onlar vitamin değil. Biliyorum.

Perdede, Atlas, 2015 #istfest

Not much substance to this movie, but it is quite pretty and has interesting characters. Even with a weak-ish plot, it does not get boring and takes you along for an emotional ride. Make sure you don't watch it when (clinically) depressed though, that was a mistake. Some heavy shit in there.

This one surprised me. Really worth the watch.

When your niece doesn't think of you even as a human being, just show her a flip book and all of a sudden she'll think you're an unforgettable hero

Before I Disappear is a good movie about a bad situation and two different types of people bonding because of it. You've seen similar movies before, but a good version of this story is never not appreciated, and this is one of the good ones. It's a little bloated, and some of its story doesn't pay off as well as one might hope, but it's enjoyable in the moment and its key ideas don't hinge on the story; they come from the journey its two leads take, and that journey is one worth watching.