Not the actual Barry Jenkins! A culmination of the films he's seen and some of his thoughts :)
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The Piano Lesson 2024
“I've seen this film. Malcolm gave himself fully to this, takes the stage play to another realm. It is not a play on film. It is August Wilson posited on an astral plane. As he should. Believe what you see here. Because it's been weeks and I have not been able to shake this film.“
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Nickel Boys 2024
“NICKEL BOYS is stunning. Like... STUNNING. Seeing it twice this week, so THAT stunning. A leap forward in adaptations of literary interiority. Rated PG13. A sign of the GREAT care RaMell took with this material🙌🏿“
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Stalker 1979
“I try not to watch things when I’m making something, but with The Underground Railroad, that was hard, because 112 production days is, like, 10 damn months. The only thing that I allowed myself to watch was Stalker. I woke up early in production and thought, I need to watch Stalker again. It’s the kind of movie that sits in the back of your head. I was shocked at how relevant that film was to the series we were making.…
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Boyz n the Hood 1991
“And then one day I walked into a theater and saw Boyz n the Hood and thought, "Holy shit, that's my life! This is about my world!" I literally remember saying, "I didn't realize you could make films like this.”
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