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  Anselm 2023

  ★★★★★ Watched 05 May 2024

  It feels like a companion piece to his most famous film, “Wings of Desire,” but this time focused on a single artist instead of trying to capture a city. I feel like this is a must-watch for every artist I know. Great for people who feel in symbols.

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  The Pigeon Tunnel 2023

  ★★★½ Watched 29 Oct 2023

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

Popular reviews

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  Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski 2018

  ★★★★ Watched 22 Dec 2018 1

  There’s so much here:

  1. The group of like minded artists adopting an eccentric elder figure, and the ramifications that re-contextualizing brings to said elder.

  2. The modernist artist who warped himself with toxic ideas of nationalism, and then has to live with himself for another 50 years.

  3. The sour taste of said nationalist past being adopted by a new generation of nationalists in his home country.

  4. Hints at how problematic and complex his legacy inside Poland is. 

  I just feel like this is a meditation on the dangers of Romanticism from a variety of directions.

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  The Wicker Man 1973

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 01 May 2017

  I've lost count of the times I've watched this film. Still, I find new things to be delighted by on each watching. They did such a unique job in building a society you want to know more about. 

  Reminder: extended version is the best version!