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A Fistful of Dollars 1964
this did not age well. i recognize it's the foundation of the spaghetti Western and all that, but it's boring, the dialogues are bland, the acting is nonexistent, the editing is abrupt, and the exposition is clumsy. the shots were okay in places.
Watched with Aneesh.
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There Will Come Soft Rains 1984
im noticing a trend in Soviet short film makers' attitudes towards technology with Garry Bardin's Bolero17 (mass manufacturing and mindless consumerism) and Listening to Beethoven (automation and disregard for the environment), and then this film's depiction of automation. more specifically, pointing out in some ways the absurdity of allowing technology to dominate our lives to this extend, and the unnatural ways in which that happens.
this movie is not far off, either temporally or technologically.
Manav sent me a reel about this.
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The Post 2017
AWESOME
all of it. writing, camerawork, character design, acting+casting, sound, the message. everything. 10/10.
the shots of the printing machinery were especially good (among the closeups). but the scenes with the people too. including but not limited to the one with meryl streep and tom hanks with the phone and fritz between them.
freedom of press, the futility and justification of war, the separation of government and nation, casual and non-casual sexism (the samuel johnson quote), all perfectly tied together.
Watched with Romir.
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Badass Ravi Kumar 2025
buzurg kehte hain, kundli mein shani, ghee mein honey, aur Ravi Kumar se dushmani -- sehat ke liye achhi nahi.
in many ways, a composite of Bollywood tropes from both the 80s:
* a focus on national safety with foreign villains and a home-grown, rags-to-riches desi hero
* idealization of the 'rogue cop' or 'angry young man'
* romance in the rain with revolving cameras
* disco music
* a high-up Indian official turning out to be a traitor
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