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La Haine 1995
the worldview? pessimistic. the story? roving and bracing with spurts of goofiness. it's 90s "do you know where your kids are" cinema done French style—sans the unhinged paternalistic fears suffusing pretty much all North American depictions of teens on films, from the after school special to the supposedly "unflinching" indie, ala Kids.
in contrast, La Haine is a movie about actual human teenagers reacting to intense circumstances. set in a rough Paris suburb during an uneasy detente after a night…
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Titane 2021
the smart subtle humor arising from manipulation of tone is worth mentioning. it's a bit cringe, kind of squirmy, which tracks, because Titane is essentially a physical experience. the "meaning" of a movie has to be inverted here; there's a parade of symbols that doesn't quite add up to anything coherent, but somehow, the images still fill the viewer up
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