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Babygirl 2024
the least transgressive film that purports to be about transgression that i’ve seen. robot lady runs a robot company, the hot intern makes her lose her place in the robot script. feels like it’s trying to be eyes wide shut but lacks the satire of wealth and power and desire — babygirl is too literal for that, too efficient, slips too easily into montage, never staying in a scene long enough to build tension. all caricature, no character.
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The Player 1992
can’t trust a guy who orders a different brand of bottled mineral water at every meal. but that’s Hollywood, always selling a new story, lying in the interstitials. wonder how long Altman waited for the day the wind spun the mills that fast at sunset. it all turns up so much dust, which somehow he wrangles into an airtight flick.
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Rashomon 1950
the only courtroom drama i've seen where retelling versions of the story from multiple perspectives works, probably because it invites the surreal and finds resolution beyond the halls of justice. the actors perform with a physical expression that reminded me of silent films, arresting to watch, beautifully shot. i've never seen the layers of tree canopy in a forest captured so well on film.
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