joe

joe

Favorite films

  • Donnie Darko
  • Hugo
  • Life Is Beautiful
  • The Truman Show

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  • Nosferatu

    ★★★

  • The Virgin Suicides

    ★★★★★

  • The Gorge

    ★★★★

  • War Dogs

    ★★★★★

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  • The Virgin Suicides

    The Virgin Suicides

    ★★★★★

    i believe the girls took their own lives as an act of revenge and defiance—something irreversible. in the book, they weren’t the main characters. while the movie portrayed their story well, the book emphasizes that the true protagonists are the boys who observe them. the girls blend into the background—they are part of the setting. they are tragic figures doomed from the start, unable to be saved, because they are never given the power to tell their own story. even…

  • The Gorge

    The Gorge

    ★★★★

    i too would zipline across for anya

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  • The Piano Teacher

    The Piano Teacher

    ★★★★½

    wow im astounded, the amount of times i had to pause and take a breather…the exploration of sexual repression was brilliantly done. the film's cinematography and sound design were my favorite part. the use of muted colors and stark lighting created a sense of bleakness and desolation, which reflects erika’s emotional state. the sound design focused on the use of silence and minimal music that served to heighten the sense of tension and unease.

    brilliant haneke. anyways im never watching this film again.

  • Buffalo '66

    Buffalo '66

    ★★★★

    christina ricci is absolutely gorgeous stunning babydoll she is so angelic…and he’s just there

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