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  Aftersun 2022

  ★★★★½ Rewatched 27 Jan 2023

  I enjoyed this movie, although it seems a simple plot, the complexity of the father daughter relationship I found really moving. Particularly the difficulty of being a single parent, the movie subtly highlighted these challenges. The relationship between father and daughter in this movie was really interesting to me, she was on the brink of child and young teenager, and notices her fathers struggles, particularly financially, throughout the film. This polarity between him realising she’s growing up, yet still wanting…

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  Citizen Kane 1941

  ★★★ Rewatched 19 Jan 2023

  I enjoyed the concept of the film, being based around a character who has everything, in terms of materialistic things. But is still unfulfilled and unsatisfied. I also found the set design to be impressive and detailed for its time in the early 1940’s. However, I did find the film to drag slightly, especially as the awaited big reveal and climatic moment at the end, revealed the plot mainly focused on a man yearning for his childhood. Which was a…

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  The General 1926

  ★★★½ Rewatched 13 Jan 2023

  In regards to the social context of this film, I enjoyed how Buster Keaton was not afraid to explore dangerous stunts of his own. As an audience in that time, this was incredibly visually impressive and new. Even today, the scene of the train falling off the bridge still holds its dramatic impact. Knowing Keaton did his own stunts and the explosions were authentic, creates an element of real danger and suspense. Fitting well within its action adventure genre. Furthermore,…

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  Rear Window 1954

  ★★★★ Rewatched 13 Jan 2023

  I enjoyed watching rear window, and the concept of watching other people’s lives through their flat windows, and unravelling a mystery from the protagonists own living room. This point of view felt claustrophobic and invasive, just like the protagonist felt, being stuck in a wheelchair in his flat. It was interesting to watch the neighbours through their windows, and Hitchcocks voyeuristic use of cinematography, revealed how people really are in the comfort of their own homes. And how we never know people behind closed doors. It was a suspenseful, interesting film.

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