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Bone 1972
By digging through satisfying levels of psychological depth with surgically precise trajectory, Bone manages to, bit by bit, reveal itself as a firmly planted hygrometer of socio-political climate. Ideas of class relation, reputation and power dynamics are often filtered through a sexual lens, which I thought was one of many decisions depicted with a clear cut vision. A deeply defined understandings of montage, music and writing come together in a way that the presented commentary is able to solidify itself…
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Marquis de Sade’s Prosperities of Vice 1988
The ability to imbue his films with an undefinable air of restlessness is a particular skill of Jissoji that I wholeheartedly admire. Witnessing him encapsulate the atmosphere of Marquis de Sade's work using the aformentioned ability had me under a spell. The feeling of unease constantly persists throughout the film's quieter sequences, where even then the fidgety camera and sound are able to physically intrude the frame. It's as if the world created here exists in a confined vestibule put…
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The Pillow Book 1995
This would be better if it didn't look like a PowerPoint presentation with a karaoke break in the middle
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