erica arima

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diary and films watched are incomplete

Favorite films

  • Two-Lane Blacktop
  • The Travelling Players
  • All That Heaven Allows
  • Distant Voices, Still Lives

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  • Radio Days

  • Husbands and Wives

  • Don't Drink the Water

  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

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  • Black Bag

    Black Bag

    i was half expecting it to end with a dinner guest claiming to be a monkey’s uncle.

    also, lorazepam is having quite the year.

  • Interiors

    Interiors

    titles are in a sans typeface rather than the usual windsor or whatever that is.

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  • Out 1

    Out 1

    in angelopoulos films theatrical troupes both rehearse and perform plays. in rivettes's film, self-congratulations of the rehearsal is the telos. 13 hours to draw a parallel between theatrical troupes without performances with social movements without praxis.

  • It Happened on Fifth Avenue

    It Happened on Fifth Avenue

    ★★★★

    I love Victor Moore in this, but it kills me that the happy ending entirely hinges on the ulterior-motive-driven beneficence of the world's second richest man—entrepreneurial wherewithal and resourcefulness are naught without it.