https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/general-orders-no-9-film-review/ What to Watch Tue, 09 Jan 2024 16:54:09 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/general-orders-no-9-film-review/#comment-14638 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 21:09:05 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=11374#comment-14638 […] 12. General Orders No. 9 (Robert Persons, 15 points/3 mentions) — General Orders No. 9 is one of those films where the adjectives used to describe it—dense, meditative, reflective, confounding—are intended as compliments, yet they will be mistaken by many for pejoratives. And while it would be stubborn and ignorant to think that everyone will respond to it with open arms, its refusal to speak to anyone except itself is what makes it stand proudly on its own mountain. This first film (how is that possible?!) by Robert Persons is a thoroughly absorbing, hypnotizing experience. Persons’s lifelong passion for the arts—painting, poetry, literature, cinema—is reflected in each and every frame. And while one could write tomes about it, ultimately General Orders No. 9 must be experienced for oneself in order to truly grasp what Persons is saying. (Michael Tully) Read The Full HTN Review […]

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