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The Talented Mr. Ripley 1999
Not much to say besides that this is a fantastically shot, impressively acted, and well-written film. Super tight, not a single shot or line wasted in this one.
Best line: “Forging signatures, telling lies... impersonating practically anybody.”
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The Lighthouse 2019
I identify very strongly with Willem Dafoe’s character. “Doldrums… Doldrums! Evl’r than th’ dev’l… Boredom! Makes men to villeins and the water goes quick lad… Vanish’d! The only medicine… is drink… Keeps them sailors happy, keeps em agreeable, keeps em calm keeps em…” “…stupid…” [dry laugh] “curse me! if there ain’t an ol’ ‘tar spirit somewheres in ye lad!” (this is a reference to “jack tar”, for those unaware of ol’ sailor talk). if you’re not from New England, or…
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Civil War 2024
This is a film which is supposed to look like a Nikon viewfinder, and it succeeds at that in many moments, both in montage and in action. This is, it should be said, an incredibly voyeuristic film. There is, of course, to be said, an inside/outside discourse of voyeurism in this sense: is the journalist in the scene? To quote Wittgenstein,
5.633: Where in the world is a metaphysical subject to be noted?
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