dayanlev

dayanlev

Favorite films

  • Space Is the Place
  • The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
  • Sorcerer
  • Don't Look Now

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  • Aguirre, the Wrath of God

    ★★★★½

  • Deck of Cards

    ★★★★★

  • Jackass 3D

    ★★★½

  • The New ‘On Cinema’ Oscar Special

    ★★★★★

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  • Aguirre, the Wrath of God

    Aguirre, the Wrath of God

    ★★★★½

    conquistadors posting their L’s

  • Deck of Cards

    Deck of Cards

    ★★★★★

    An even crazier mid-movie switchup than Lost Highway.


    Great movie, but I have one complaint, which is that I would have loved to have seen more scenes like the jitterbug scene, which was a real dream come true for film buffs and Oz heads who have for decades wanted to witness the complete Wizard of Oz. Also the 45 minute running time is much too short, any film buff knows that the longer the movie is, the better. Still a great movie though, I’d give it five bags of popcorn and maybe a little deck of cards.

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  • John Was Trying to Contact Aliens

    John Was Trying to Contact Aliens

    ★★★★

    i'm imagining seeing this in theaters and during the scene where the camera pans to reveal that this weird old gay guy with long hair and a big beard fell in love with a nearly identical old gay guy with long hair and a big beard, the audience explodes in a fucking massive standing ovation

  • Fire Music

    Fire Music

    ★★★★½

    I love jazz documentaries and I love free jazz, and this is really the first kind of documentary of its kind about this music, so naturally I was predisposed to enjoy it. But it’s hard to imagine a better documentary about free jazz, at least of this length. And the length is definitely the easiest thing to criticize about it, as it’s impossible to adequately fit the full history of this music in 90 minutes. But I don’t think the…

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