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  Drive 2011

  ★★★½ Added

  I am watching a dream. The unrealized 80's ideal. An individualised American dream of success. Everything the film has to offer, the synth-wave soundtrack, the vibrant pinks, turquoise blues and deep oranges of the set design, responds to the notion that the 80's never ended and just got better. A hyperfictionalized nostalgia.

  The film is stacked with extreme actions, and minimal emotional conviction. Our main characters are young and attractive (Irene looked 16). Overly direct dialogue. Hyper-violence. It is an…

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  The Seventh Seal 1957

  ★★★★ Added

  This film deals with existential questions through using what I feel to be a distinctly Swedish Nihilistic point of view. I could perhaps compare some of the film's values to that of Yung Lean's "Unknown Death 2002" (2013), or Roy Andersson's "You, The Living" (2007). I feel both of these works have ideas which resonate with Ingmar Bergman. This film was unlike any other 1950's films I have consumed before, most of which have predominantly been American. I feel that…

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  The Act of Killing 2012

  ★★★★★ Added

  One of the most powerful and moving documentaries I have ever see, perhaps that has ever been made. The introduction of the film gives you minimal context before immersing you into a bizarre culture and leaving you to fend for yourself. It took me two tries before I managed to get through it, due to it's length, and the work you need to put in to truly understand the significance of the context. But in the end enduring this epic…

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  The Shining 1980

  ★★★★½ Added

  The Shinning is a film I have seen a great number of times, because of this, my thoughts during a recent viewing of the film took a bit of a tangent, however are not completely irrelevant. A while ago I had a conversation with a friend's mother about the works of Kubrick, of which she was also a fan. However she made the point was that she liked all his films, except for the latter; Eyes Wide Shut. She felt…

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