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The Conversation 1974
It’s unthinkable to me that this came out the same year as The Godfather Part II. I don’t think any American director has had a greater run than Coppola had in the seventies. Also, fun fact - this role was originally offered to Brando, can you imagine it?
R.I.P Gene Hackman
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The Lost Weekend 1945
“You can't cut it short! You're on that merry-go-round, you got to ride it all the way. Round and round till that blasted music wears itself out and the thing dies down.“
I saw this a few years ago when I was just getting into films, after some growing pains I’m back for a rewatch. This is a strikingly accurate portrayal of alcoholism and its progressive nature for the time. The obsessiveness, the self-centredness, the isolation, the insanity - it’s…
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Charulata 1964
Soooo beautiful. Depth of simplicity achieved. The scene where she’s looking through the binoculars at the father and child and then at her husbands friend, realising she’s in love with him. The ending - Wow! Such tenderness and care is shown to all the characters. Satyajit Ray composed the scores for all his films too. Incredible.
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Megalopolis 2024
I don’t care what the reception on this has been, whether it’s a failure or a success, whether it’s pretentious or not. The bottom line is it’s taking risks and I haven’t seen anything like it before, the closest thing I can think of is ‘Synecdoche, New York’. I can’t say I’m surprised the response has been so negative, it disregards so much of what we’ve been told makes a ‘quality’ film - the dialogue is unnatural, the tone is…
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