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  Eraserhead 1977

  Watched 16 Mar 2025

  Won’t pretend to have insightful thoughts on Eraserhead except to say my dive into Lynch so far has reaped depravity on fatherhood unimaginably unparalleled. The fears and responsibilities of fatherhood are unmatched, but especially, the horrors of negligence, selfishness, and/or abuse. Even in the best of paternal examples (of which I’ve been lucky enough to be surrounded by in my days), there is something wholly sick and nonsensical when witnessing the failure of someone who you have an internal elevated…

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  Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me 1992

  ★★★★★ Watched 10 Mar 2025

  Lynch accomplished what I feared he would. The series’ most horrific moments that I kind of still get spooked by in my mind at night are the images and moments of Bob. But I think we all sort of knew, Bob is manifestation, a mask. But in FWWM, Bob is not what you leave fearing, Bob is almost in a weird, gross sort of way, not that scary. The man fabricating the mask was always what was and should have…

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  Tenet 2020

  ★★★ Watched 07 Sep 2020

  DARK did it better.

  Saw the advice that subsequent viewings will piece this ambitious puzzle together, and I’d agree, it’s just that, I dunno...I also think the best this film could ever be is in IMAX form (and believe me, it was awesome). So, like, I really enjoyed it. It was so essential that Nolan release this in theaters. It is a film I admire and can probably only continue to admire with more viewings, but if you ask me…

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  Vice 2018

  ★★ Added 3

  4th scene in which fishing is used to symbolize Dick Cheney's political savvy and brutality
  
  The Academy: ..."wait...it's a metaphor, man."...

  Director of Talladega Nights: Receives Second Best Director Oscar Nomination.

  Denis Villeneuve, Christopher Nolan, Akira Kurosawa, Spike Lee, Wes Anderson, Katharyn Bigelow, Sam Mendes, and Michael Haneke: one each.

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