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I'm Not There 2007
Ambitious failure. What starts off as an engaging experiment in biography loses focus and lost my interest about halfway. Cate Blanchett and the kid who plays Woody are great.
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Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat 2024
Ambitious failure. Confusing and ineptly edited, it might have worked as two or three separate, mercifully shorter films. Jazz is cool.
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Civil War 2024
I've been waiting for Alex Garland to make another great film since Ex Machina - 10 yrs later, still the apex interpretation of AI promise & paranoia. Civil War isn't it. Disappointingly, it is not even about the nightmare prospect of an American civil war, which could stand a smart film treatment as we stand on the precipice. The war setting is generic and could be Sudan or Gaza. Rather, it's an interrogation of war journalism and the crazy embeds who…
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Ripley 2024
I'd seen and enjoyed "The Talented Mr. Ripley" (1999) when it came out, but in preparation for the Netflix series I rewatched it, as well as viewing 1960's "Purple Noon" and reading the novel by Patricia Highsmith on which all of these are based. That's more due diligence than I usually put into anything, but it allows me to make the following remarks.
The black & white Netflix series and brilliantly colorful Purple Noon are tied in cinematographic excellence, each worth…
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