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Octavio Carbajal González

My name is Octavio Carbajal González, I am 23 years old and I currently live in Mexico City. I am a medical student, and have an incessant passion for music, film and literature. I mainly write film reviews and talk about those films that potentially can make transcendent changes in people's lifes. I also talk passionately about music and books that have established a radical change in my life.

My love for cinema started when I discovered the films of Lars von Trier, his artistic vision and ideology about the world was what I always wanted to find. On the musical side, the post punk movement was the one that introduced me to all the fascinating alternative musical movements that came up afterwards. I want to especially mention Joy Division, The Smiths, The Cure and Radiohead, which were the groups that were always with me in all the situations of my life. I also have an eternal gratitude for having found the books of Nietzsche, Dostojevsky and Kafka, who were the ones who radically changed my thinking and expanded my ambitions to continue with my life and do something meaningful in it.
I'm extremely honored to write for Vinyl Writers, which we will turn into an outstanding space to discuss art.

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4 months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007)

Director: Christian Mungiu Christian Mungiu is one of Romania’s most acclaimed filmmakers and part of the Romanian New Wave of Cinema. This cinematographic movement started in the middle of the 2000’s, generating an international interest in Romanian cinema. Its appearance dates back to a trilogy of essential films, all of them have been acclaimed worldwide: …

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Safe (1995)

Through the years, American filmmaker Todd Haynes (Velvet Goldmine, Far From Heaven, I’m Not There, Carol)  has created an amazing filmography with own characteristics. Through various genres, he has addressed the figure of “the outsider”- an idea that has permeated all of Haynes’ cinema, whose main theme is the conflict between the inside and the …

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One Flew Over The Cuckoo´s Nest (1975)

Director: Miloš Forman Based on the book by the American writer Ken Kesey and adapted to cinema by the acclaimed Czech director Miloš Forman, One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest presents the story of Randle McMurphy (Jack Nicholson), a recidivist in the criminal system, accused of various cases of aggression. Faced with a scientific evaluation …

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Amores Perros (2000)

Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu Alejandro González Iñárritu was born in Mexico City in 1965. He is now considered as a remarkable director that delivers passionate cinema, impressive productions and extremely enlightening stories. He focuses on deafening dialogues, overwhelming atmospheres and onslaught violence. Iñárritu possesses a unique seal that delivers the mastery of the brightest and …

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Christiane F. – Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo (1978)

I have seen many films that deal with drug addiction; among them memorable films like ‘Requiem For a Dream’ or ‘Trainspotting’ have to be highlighted. However, I was blown away when I discovered this shocking and propulsive movie. The perspective that this film takes on the issue of drug addiction is totally different from everything …

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Vinylwriter’s Top 10 Films of the Decade

10. Mommy (2014 / directed by Xavier Dolan)In a fictitious Canada, a new law allows parents to lock their problematic children inside a special center. But Diane “Die” Despres (Anne Dorval), a widowed mother, decides to educate her hyperactive and violent teenage son Steve (Antoine Olivier Pilon) herself. Steve has insanely violent episodes and suffers …