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Holy Spider 2022
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An extremely disturbing film for multiple reasons:
a) the director has chosen to show us the violence and its sexual associations vividly. Some would call this exploitive, but I'm sure the director had his reasons for making this choice. Many other directors have chosen explicit shots to capture the real horror of it, so that we can't whitewash it. It's disturbing nonetheless, because it offers the opportunity for exploitation. Note that the vivid visuals apply not just to the attacks,…
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Woman on the Run 1950
the film actually surprised me. I was going to write that it had the most obnoxious/smarmy journalist character in the history of film -- but there was a twist that i enjoyed. Nice camera work from the roller coaster. Recommended.
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Nostalgia 2022
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Film philosophy: Okay, after watching this whole film, what are we to think about the ending?
a) the protagonist is a fool? Everyone in the city but himself knew that this was going to end badly. So why was he so blind. I know that some people have blamed "nostalgia" for the past. But this guy comes back with complex feelings about Naples, not just cuddly, warm, nostalgic feelings. He also comes back carrying guilt: guilt for a crime, and…
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Splendid Isolation 2022
See it only for the cinematography, which is just beautiful. Otherwise, the story is so abstract as to be incomprehensible to most of us; if you know it was made during the pandemic by a filmmaker concerned about death, it might help.
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