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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy 2011
Most reviews calling this movie a masterpiece caveat it with the fact that they didn’t understand half of what happens in it. I’m here to ask - could that mean it is not a masterpiece? All-around excellent performances, production design, cinematography, and score create the sense that it’s operating on a level above you, but I walked away feeling like I’d watched an exercise in obfuscation techniques devoid of any real emotion or mystery. Christopher Nolan ass movie, puzzle box without much inside.
But maybe it all just went over my head…
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Manglehorn 2014
Finally got around to watching this after missing it in theaters. Can’t believe that was over 10 years ago…got me feeling like Manglehorn over here.
This has immediately become one of my favorite DGG films. Definite spiritual sibling to Mike Leigh’s Hard Truths, a recent favorite of mine. But Green’s take on the aging, caustic, emotionally walled-off grouch is imbued with the sort of “ambient sense of wonder” vibe he is so good at tapping into. As much as I…
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The Murmuring 2022
Hard to believe a horror film could so boldly examine the grief of losing a child….stirring stuff…😴
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Eyes Wide Shut 1999
Saw this when I was 14 years old and it all went about 10 feet over my head. Rewatched last night and loved every moment of it. Two things I can't stop thinking about:
1. Why is Bill's mental image of his wife's infidelity styled like a silent stag reel? Feels more revealing about Kubrick's earliest introductions to sexuality than the character's. Strange choice. Obviously there's all sorts of things to say about fantasy vs. reality and the deeply engrained…
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