Philippe Garrel and singer Nico were romantically involved from 1969 until 1979. Garrel cast Nico in several of his early films, including “The Inner Scar,” and together they suffered through heroin addiction. Nico’s death in 1988 had a profound impact on Garrel. The director, whose oeuvre was already semi-autobiographical to begin with, devoted several of his films over the next 25 years to re-examining his relationship with Nico, using the cinema as therapy. “I Can No Longer Hear the Guitar”…
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La Belle Noiseuse 1991
“We artists are after the truth, and the truth can be cruel.”
In Jacques Rivette’s masterful adaptation of Honoré de Balzac’s story “The Unknown Masterpiece,” aging artist Frenhofer (Michel Piccoli) has been unable to paint for a decade, and his expected magnum opus “La belle noiseuse” has laid dormant for years. An art collector, a young artist, and the young artist’s girlfriend Marianne (Emmanuelle Béart) visit Frenhoefer at his home in Provence and, without Marianne’s knowledge, arrange for Marianne to…
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Inland Empire 2006
Had a really lovely time tonight at my favorite bar, Lowlands, watching David Lynch movies, and talking about David Lynch, a director who has meant so much to me
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Phantom Thread 2017
“Morning, my old so-and-so.”
I think this is my favorite PTA now?
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Everything Everywhere All at Once 2022
I didn’t do much with this life, but I helped convince some people to make this movie, and maybe that’s enough.
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