“We know this story. This is how it all began. This is how he began.”
The push and pull of the past. The story repeats and repeats. They try and force us into their constructs of normalcy. But can we finally, truly, break free?
God, this movie is incredible.
Genuinely surprised movies carried on being made after this released because if I were a contemporary of Lean’s I’d have given up the whole trade. A towering achievement that hasn’t really been bettered.
Top Gun: Maverick in Concert
Royal Albert Hall, London
Sept. 27th, 2024
As relayed by conductor and composer extraordinaire Lorne Balfe during his introduction, this was the first time the Top Gun: Maverick score had been performed by a complete orchestra, not only in a live concert setting, but the first time ever. That alone; getting to see one of the great movies of the decade on a big screen, in one of the fanciest buildings in the country, with…
