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Red River 1948
Birth of the "boyish man". A little predictable, but balanced out by its leanness. I’m an ardent enjoyer of the Eastwood/Hawks/Lang camera method, the rigid quality they share. Bogdanovich mentions Wayne's "innate likeability" as an actor & in this film despite basically playing a murderous slave-driver; a sentiment I believe remains relevant. How much racism, sexism, and general bigotry can a character get away with if they're charismatic in the big '25? What will an audience ignore? I think: Quite a bit
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Longlegs 2024
The explicitly duplicitous marketing for this film is interesting because they’ve taken what has become an easily transparent strategy - immersive ARG, claims of “ultimate terror never before seen!” - and masked it behind arthouse aesthetic to try and cosplay as something innovative or intellectual. All marketing is duplicitous inherently, but the fascinating part of Longlegs is that it appears to have influenced opinion so much post-release that many see this as the marketing wanted you to even after viewing: As…
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The American Friend 1977
Slowly becoming a formative picture for me. Watched the commentary with Hopper & Wenders, who are very chill about making the coolest movie ever - I mean that as a superlative & regular adjective - but I think that's because most of the credit should go to Müller and they both know it. Especially in that train! Damn
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