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6/10
Senior Film Conservator
A definitive 6/10 rating for a film that redefined the boundaries of cult cinema. Hra bublinek remains a cornerstone of transgressive art.
If you like old-school animation or just want to see how people were messing around with film cameras back in the day, yeah, go for it. It is very short. If you need a movie to have a beginning, middle, and end, you will probably be bored within thirty seconds.
Honestly, Hra bublinek feels like someone just decided to see what happens when you film bubbles under bright lights for a while. It is hypnotic, but it is also completely random. There is a weird, floaty energy to it that you don't really see in stuff like Casper's Week End.
The movement is strange. It’s not smooth, but that makes it feel alive, somehow. You can see the hand of the filmmaker in every frame. It is not trying to be a masterpiece, and that is why I like it.
There is a moment where the light hits the surface of a bubble and it just looks like an oily planet spinning in space. I must have replayed that two seconds about five times. It is simple, but it stuck with me more than most modern CGI stuff.
It reminds me of Krylya in how it uses visuals to suggest a mood rather than explaining it. You don't need to know what the filmmakers were thinking. You just watch the shapes change.
Sometimes the film gets a bit grainy, and the focus drifts. You know what? I don't mind. It feels like you are watching something that was meant to be kept in a drawer, not projected in a big theater. 🫧
It is definitely not as heavy as something like Confession. It is just bubbles. But the way they pop and swirl? It is kind of mesmerizing if you stop trying to figure out the point of it all.
If you watch this expecting a deep story, you are going to be disappointed. If you watch it like a piece of moving art? It hits different. 📽️