blakeg

blakeg

Favorite films

  • Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
  • Ordet
  • Empire
  • Limite

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  • Companion

    ½

  • Perfect Days

    ★½

  • Better Man

    ★★★★½

  • Krazy House

    ★★★★★

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  • Companion

    Companion

    ½

    2 1/2 minutes in, and it’s clear this is shit 🤦‍♂️

  • Perfect Days

    Perfect Days

    ★½

    Actually, this is…kind of insulting.

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  • Eyes Wide Shut

    Eyes Wide Shut

    ★★★★½

    When I first saw this movie in 1999, I did not fully appreciate its comic nature. Seeing it again, I'm struck by it. There is a farcical seriousness throughout. Consider all the times Bill flashes his doctor's card, like he's a police detective. Who does this? Or the freaky connection between sexual fantasy and life-threatening conspiracy. A masked orgy gives absurd proportions to Bill's sexual desperation, but instead of fulfilling an adulterous revenge, he is made small and weak. Becoming…

  • Monos

    Monos

    ½

    There’s nothing I hate more than movies that aim to challenge by being obscure. It’s not art, and it’s not interesting. And the cheap attempts to achieve emotional impact through conflict and suffering despite the lack of any meaningful plot make it even more deplorable.

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