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Steven Spielberg hasn’t always been a director I’ve fully trusted to take on a project of this scale. Yes, his track record is undeniably great and he’s often regarded as one of cinema’s greatest, but personally I’ve never seen his work to be considered as the pinnacle of cinema, as ignorant as that may sound. Knowing this film was originally envisioned as Kubrick’s next masterpiece only deepened my doubts. Kubrick might possibly be among the untouchable few, and…
Poetry about the loss of everything that once tied you to the past... becoming a version of yourself that exists only in the present, disconnected, unfeeling, and unknowing of what gives life its essence. Each line of this film’s poetry has a particular genius in its phrasing, and though it describes the life of a Parisian in the 70s, it feels nearly identical to what so many of us experience, whether occasionally or always, today. Perhaps in this digital era,…
this stinks
If people on letterboxd think this is good, I'm worried for the future of film