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Meshes of the Afternoon 1943
i have to revisit this but my initial reaction was one of deep pain and joy in seeing my inner thoughts and emotions expressed so succinctly. like after seeing cassavetes’ woman under the influence for the first time, i immediately knew i’d end the film a different person than when i began it
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Mothlight 1963
i have nothing unique to say about the technical merits of this film (which there are many) nor it’s significance in avant-garde film and filmmaking as a whole (suffice it to say it’s pretty important) but only my own experience and reaction to watching it, particularly in the context of my own place in life and in the midst of a global pandemic. any artistic meditation on life/death, love/loss, and the hope/grief those experiences leave us with speaks to what…
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Girl Power 1992
i believe benning was 19 when they made girl power. 22 years after it’s release, my 19 year-old self would have seen myself in it, i loved bikini kill and other bands that grew out of the riot grrrl scene as well as the comeback of those sensibilities online in places like tumblr and rookiemag. this plays like a 3rd wave feminist youth fanzine come to life in it’s pixelated collage of film bites, diaristic narration, and music centering revolution and…
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The Diary of a Big Man 1988
a supercharged screwy screwball, this is like howard hawks 40 years later but more unbelievable and misogynistic. chow yun-fat is every bit cary grant and that sometimes makes up for the other unsavory parts
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