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Yoyo 1965
A nonstop visual gag master class that is also an impeccable homage to the silent era, early talkies, and the rise of TV entertainment. Pierre Etaix's once-forgotten comedy classic is a truly great blend of the very best pieces of comedy. Complete with just enough emotional pull in the narrative to hold the entire film together. But it's the comedy, the type of which is so rooted in Keaton, Chaplin, and others that makes Yoyo rise above others of its…
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Last Year at Marienbad 1961
At first glance this is a film that doesn't have a narrative, that doesn't follow convention of how to tell a story through the medium, and that makes the audience work to get anything out of it. But like so many other great abstract, non-linear, surreal films it's actually very clear. As much a film that is meant to be analyzed and thought on, it's also a visual wonder with some brilliant shots of the aristocratic resort that please the…
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Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance 2002
Continuing our series on Park Chan-wook with an episode covering the start of his legendary "Vengeance Trilogy". It's a hell of a start. Listen to my thoughts here.
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Barking Dogs Never Bite 2000
Bong Joon-ho’s debut feature film is regrettably a bit of a jumbled mess. A dark comedy by design, it unfortunately fails to land the comedic points that it depends on. Perhaps people subjected to endless yapping or barking of their neighbor’s dogs may find more humor in its central thread – but, it’s hard to really find the laughs in a plot whose elevator pitch is “people abduct, kill, and even eat dogs”. This comedy is layered on top of…
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