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Heart of Glass 1976
Herzog sincere art house, each frame totally involved with itself, elegiac performance style, the haunting of the 19th century is upon them.
Many striking moments, many beautiful. Difficult film, more at home in the fine arts.
My take is some transition from progress towards holy grail to progress towards capital accumulation, and it all gets confused and fucked and we sail out towards nothing into the sea. Art house. 7.2-7.7 range.
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The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser 1974
A remarkable film, once again Herzog contending with how the state handles nature, just beautifully realized and dramatized, he just unpacks this late enlightenment/romantic moment. Moving and challenging and interesting film. 8.1-8.4 range.
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Metropolitan 1990
A successful reapplication of the best of Woody Allen, which is to say doing Oscar Wilde for the particular society you know, an intelligent satire, curated set pieces, gorgeous outfits, a perfect New York City, an insider who seems to have something to say about his society other than ‘look at these buffoons,’ though he says that as well, which comes together for a charming, at times scrumptious, not exactly intelligent but certainly insightful film, with sincere heart, a fun…
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Army of Shadows 1969
An uncompromising World War II espionage in Vichy France set to the muscular mannerisms of the great director of the clandestine, who here has found a certain natural, emergent magic in shots and storytelling, so those powers typically marshaled to imbue crime figures with the cool, collected, one step ahead of the game aura, somehow now imparts a sixth sense, in action and intellect, and a certain honest, harsh, well hell brutal principled courage to a whole movement, the Resistance. …
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