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The Parent Trap 1998
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this film has the most gorgeous vibes from beginning to end, with a surprisingly gorgeous soundtrack & surprisingly gorgeous direction and cinematography from nancy meyers and dean cundey, respectively. it's difficult to imagine that, in a career filled with back to the futures and jurassic parks, the parent trap is what cundey considers to be his crowning glory, but modern major-studio filmmakers can only dream of achieving so many of the visual aspects this film pulls off on a tenth of…
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Poor Cow 1967
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before the bras were burnt, we first had to acknowledge how tight and threadbare they’d become.
protagonist joy (carol white) is not the feminist character you might want or even expect in a film with a more conventional plot structure—but poor cow‘s social realist, almost documentary-like style simply states this is just how life is. joy’s reality isn’t inspiring, but despite what the title might lead you to believe, neither is it presented as a problem to be solved; it’s…
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Days of Heaven 1978
gorgeous, painterly cinematography; practically every frame is a work of art.
the soundtrack is stunning and helps to foster an almost meditative atmosphere throughout, with perfectly-pitched performances and muted emotions from the cast.
this would have been one of our all time favourites had the story not been so paper-thin for the first half and so frustratingly galloped through for the second.
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