Review of The Apartment (1960) by Michael S — 19 Sep 2008
A film that will mark the time when you saw it as either before or after you were an adult. I saw it before and after and during the changes that I personally consider having gone through to become an adult and its themes hit home the older I get.
Once you see the world for what it is - the pettiness of its people, its hierarchies, its unfairness - you may be in awe at the things you find yourself doing to stake your claim on its tarnished ground.
Cynical, yes - almost unbearably so. And so to temper this vision the film illustrates one might also be lucky enough to fall in love. And who couldn't fall in love with Miss Kubelik? The film is a chilly plunge through the holidays - a side of them us lucky enough to have families to go home to never see - and we spend time with the lonely office workers on the lower rungs unable to escape the city and the office dramas they've poured their hearts into.
But somehow through the mordant details arises a warm, perceptive, comical and reassuring masterpiece - one of the most influential movies ever made.
This review of The Apartment (1960) was written by Michael S on 19 Sep 2008.
The Apartment has generally received very positive reviews.
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