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Now You See Me 2 2016
My fav part of the now see you see me films is that the politics bang you over the head with the notion that Socialism in America will only work in the hands of magicians
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Camera Buff 1979
Incredible film about soviet era surveillance and the tragedy of never feeling satisfaction. I loved the way this movie was shot and its themes regarding the permeability of loving and losing.
When Filip finally turns the camera on himself it’s a moment of reconciling with the forces that he’s attempted to control and ultimately a realization he has become a tool of the state at the expense of any sense of control, period. The dissolving of his marriage and the…
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Solaris 1972
There isn’t a ton of discourse I could add to film or such deep importance as Solaris, but if I were to try, I’d have to mention the importance of Tarkovskys set design that evoke the films overarching themes.
In part one of the film we see the psychologist’s home’s interior, particularly the various illustrations of Victorian era hot air balloons. Later, orbiting Solaris, we see diagrams of butterflies arranged in the doctor’s office.
It’s a simple and so effective…
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