{"id":17903,"date":"2019-02-28T12:58:44","date_gmt":"2019-02-28T20:58:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cinemastance.com\/?p=17903"},"modified":"2019-02-28T12:58:44","modified_gmt":"2019-02-28T20:58:44","slug":"ruben-brandt-collector-presents-a-montage-of-striking-imagery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/?p=17903","title":{"rendered":"RUBEN BRANDT, COLLECTOR Presents A Montage of Striking Imagery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cinemastance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/24_0007_B-merged.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15337\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In North America, most audiences are used to animated films being exclusively for kids. Of course, that isn&#8217;t the case in other parts of the world, where there is plenty of edgier and more adult-oriented animated works. One such example is <em>Ruben Brandt, Collector<\/em>, an unusual Hungarian effort that has its own distinctive vision that certainly sets it apart from others of its ilk. The feature has its issues, but at least it&#8217;s different from most of the animated fare out there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cinemastance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/ruben-brandt-collector-with-mimi-lake.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17904\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The story involves psychotherapist Ruben Brandt (Iv\u00e1n\nKamar\u00e1s), a man who suffers from chilling nightmares loosely connected to some\nof the most famous works of art. His patients, a group of ragtag thieves,\nincluding kleptomaniac Mimi (Gabriella H\u00e1mori) begin stealing the 13 paintings\nthat haunt their therapist. Hot on their trail is private investigator Kowalski\n(Zal\u00e1n Makranczi and Csaba M\u00e1rton), who begins to harbor feelings for Mimi.\nComplicating matters are the various museum&#8217;s insurance companies, who offer a\n$100 million reward for the capture of the thieves, inspiring the criminal\nunderworld to get involved. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cinemastance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/ruben-brandt-collector-nightmare-1024x496.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17905\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The concept is a lot of fun as well as the mantra of Brandt,\nwho appears to be utilizing a theory of trying to gain control over one&#8217;s personal\nissues and trauma by literally taking the offending items by any means\nnecessary to cure the affliction. It should be noted, however, that the movie\ntakes a largely interpretive approach to the story. It isn&#8217;t as interested in\nthe details of the heists as presenting a stylized animated world. In fact, it\nfocuses almost as much on lead thief Mimi and investigator Kowalski as it does\non the title character. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cinemastance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/ruben-brandt-collector-car-chase.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17906\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The visuals featured in the film are great. There&#8217;s a very\namusing theft and car chase early on that spins through the streets. Some of\nthe bigger action-centric moments, including&nbsp;\nthe numerous nightmares experienced by Brandt are impressively surreal\nand unsettling. This is a movie that heavily incorporates both art and pop\nculture, so sharp-eyed viewers will see numerous collections, film-related in\njokes, and references consistently peppered throughout the feature. While\nBrandt is the one being haunted, more than one of the characters harbor the\nsame instinct to amass items important to themselves. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the images themselves are impressive, the movie does\nlag in sections, with the filmmakers even resorting to montages to get through\nall of the robberies. Of course, we all know what&#8217;s going on, so it hardly\nseems necessary to spend so much time with Kowalski as he discovers information\nthat viewers already know. And some of the voice-acting sounds monotone and\nflat. As mentioned, there are many facets and characters to the story and as\nsuch it gets a bit distracted with secondary persons. The unfortunate side\neffect is that it distances viewers from the emotional core of the film. And\nafter all is revealed, the twists don&#8217;t make much of an impact. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cinemastance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/ruben-brandt-collector-wall-of-art-ruben-in-chair-FIXED-1024x538.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17907\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still, the movie is definitely different from the norm, and the trippy, nightmarish visuals and kooky heists make it an interesting if imperfect addition. If you&#8217;re sick of seeing nothing but Pixar and Disney animation, <em>Ruben Brandt, Collector<\/em> is a reasonable alternate. It&#8217;s unlikely to absorb you emotionally but does offer a pretty montage of odd, dreamlike moments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In North America, most audiences are used to animated films being exclusively for kids. Of course, that isn&#8217;t the case in other parts of the world, where there is plenty of edgier and more adult-oriented animated works. One such example is Ruben Brandt, Collector, an unusual Hungarian effort that has its own distinctive vision that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":17908,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[197,1455,9015,9490,17405,17406,17407,17408,22742,22743],"class_list":["post-17903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-movie-reviews","tag-197","tag-animated","tag-heist","tag-hungary","tag-ruben-brandt-collector","tag-ruben-brandt-collector-film-review","tag-ruben-brandt-collector-movie-review","tag-ruben-brandt-collector-review","tag-thief","tag-thieves"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17903"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17903\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}