Favorite films
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
I am a clever person, even well-learned in my own ways, but I have little knack for textual analysis. I am typically quite content to let a filmmaker's vision wash over me, munching on only the coarsest of breadcrumbs, and let others explain the spices.
Not this time.
I _ached_ to understand fully what was happening. Even in my perennial dimness, I have a sense for when a filmmaker is being adversarially obtuse versus challenging me to keep up, and…