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Only Angels Have Wings 1939
"If you feel like bawling, how do you think we feel?"
During the opening half-hour, I'm amazed by the perfect character introductions, distinct structure, outstanding direction, and marvelous tone shifts, closed off by the most incredible scene of the film ("Who's Joe?"). The last 30 minutes are nothing short of magical; everything from Bonnie and Geoff's shared kiss onward is as tense as lovely, as beautiful as scary. The hour in-between passes like planes through the fog. It feels like…
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Inherent Vice 2014
"Does it ever end? Of course it does. It did."
Whether or not Shasta is present, her absence is always sensible. Even in flashbacks where she's technically there, you can't help but feel that she's not. Even when she returns, she never actually does. And even though Doc may have stayed the same, everything around him is different.
Recalling a shade of nostalgia from a coconut-launched postcard, he seeks out a place that doesn't exist anymore. His memory is just…
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Constructing a House 2010
Not exactly what I watched because I have the Eureka blu-ray and not the Criterion, but I figured the featured interviews on there are probably what this doc consists of anyway, so close enough.
Really insightful. Didn't know all that about the Japanese studio system before and I enjoy listening to Obayashi talk. He seems like a sweet guy.
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The Century of the Self 2002
Watched over the course of the past four weeks. A sharp, unflinching dissection of how psychology and PR conjured the illusions of modern democracy. This got into my head in ways I didn’t expect—the first episode alone is eye-opening. Watch it.
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Vortex 2021
"Is all that we see or seem
But a dream within a dream?"Many people's first thought after watching this seems to be that it is completely different from any film Gaspar Noé has made. He is famous for making experimental, shocking, provocative, and most notably trippy movies, so from the outside, a film about dementia might look like a completely new direction for him.
While I do agree to a certain degree, I think it makes perfect sense that…
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The Northman 2022
OLGA: You must choose between kindness for your kin or hate for your enemy.
AMLETH: I choose both.
OLGA: What the fuck?
AMLETH: I'm vengeance.
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