Deeply sinister and gnarly throughout with a creeping uneasiness that builds into every successive scene until it reaches the end. The soundtrack is unbelievably good. Overall, wonderful filmmaking on display from Lynch; maybe it's his best in terms of fusing his surrealist style with a genuinely compelling and captivating film.
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Blue Velvet 1986
The fantastical Americana dream. The dark underbelly of society. A fucked up exploration of sexual and psychological abuse and the loss of innocence. This really feels like a prototype for Twin Peaks in many ways. Surrealism done in the way only Lynch can do.
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Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga 2024
If your expectation of this film is to be a Fury Road 2 then you are already way off baseline and need to re-evaluate. This film is it's own beast entirely yet it completes Fury Road so perfectly. I always felt that Fury Road was Furiosa's story and Max was the character inserted to get the story moving. After watching Furiosa I now know for certain that this was the case.
Miller wrote this story fifteen years ago, well before…
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The Master 2012
A dense film. There is no plot. Much like the previous PTA films I've watched it's about the characters and their relationships. Everyone has a master. Phillip Seymour Hoffman delivers a powerful performance as the cult leader Lancaster Dodd exuding pure presence and charisma. Joaquin Phoenix may give his career-best performance too as the destructive Freddie Quell. Despite being polar opposites in appearance, both characters are the same; drifters who can't fit in. This is also possibly one of the…
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