An exceptional film that is only partly about the man it’s named after, Amadeus tells the story of Mozart (Tom Hulce) and his successes through the musings of contemporary composer Antonio Salieri (F. Murray Abraham). While Hulce does a great job of portraying the boorish, vulgar, but unquestionably gifted Mozart (quick side-note: Hulce’s laugh in this movie is so unbelievably funny that I just have to mention it somewhere), Abraham’s performance as a man torn apart by intense jealousy on…
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La Haine 1995
I’ve been meaning to rewatch La Haine for a while now and I’m so glad I did. This is a rare film. The movie follows three friends for a day shortly after protests and subsequent riots break out in Paris after and incident of police brutality. The chemistry between the three principal characters, Vinz, Hubert, and Saïd, is palpable and there’s great, snappy dialogue throughout, Kassovitz did a fantastic job with the script. The relationship and tension between Vinz and…
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Baraka 1992
Holy shit. That’s both my reaction to Baraka and my synopsis. I don’t think it’s remotely possible to describe everything I saw and felt during the 90 or so minutes I laid back and experienced this masterpiece, but I’ll try and share some things that stuck out. This one is gonna be messy. First things first, from the opening frame I came to the conclusion that if I were king for a day you would only be allowed to make…
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Barry Lyndon 1975
“Here is my toast to you, Captain Jack Quin.”
This movie is, quite simply, a work of art. It probably is one of most visually appealing movies I have ever seen, just about every single shot looks as though it could be framed and hung up in a gallery somewhere, it’s fantastic. I love when directors put the extra effort in to make sure that their movie actually looks good, and no one does this better than Kubrick. From the…
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