Octav (2017)
58KOctav (2017). 1h 40m
“You can have someone, during a Bruckner symphony, screaming inside u0026quot;Oh my God, get me out of here!u0026quot;. Or, you can have another one exclaiming u0026quot;what the hell is thisu0026quot; to a Mondrian painting. And, of course, you have the critics, who will tell you what to like and why. Octav is no different. Some will leave in the middle of the movie, some will tell you it was a drag, and probably the critics will say u0026quot;meh, nothing new here, move alongu0026quot;.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eYou should do what I did and see for yourself. And maybe you will hate it, or, like myself, will leave the movie theater filled with questions, feelings and an emotional conclusion. Yes, the one that you will not be able to articulate in words. And, after all, that conclusion is the only one I care about, every time I am watching a movie, read a novel or listen to a concert. It is all about that. What are you taking with you? What really matters to you? What will remain not after your life, but after your emotional journey? What are your memories made of? u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAfter watching this movie, I couldnu0026#39;t even talk for a while. It felt like a powerful plow raked throughout the beaten ground of my own memories. Forgotten memories popped out, old feelings brought back to life, the smell of my grandfatheru0026#39;s tobacco, the dust in the light of the attic in my childhood home, the river where I would go fishing with my father… Memories that I didnu0026#39;t even know I still have. How and why all of this happened, I donu0026#39;t know and it doesnu0026#39;t matter. But it was beautiful. And I will give it some time and I will go watch it again, maybe it will happen once more. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003ePlay a piano in a barn and you will have a horrible result. Play the same piano in a concert hall and you will have a very different outcome. If you feel that you have the proper acoustic for this kind of movie, go watch it! You will resonate.”
