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Rumble Fish 1983
Watch this side-by-side in succession of László Benedek's The Wild One and watch Mickey Rourke take on the ghost of Marlon Brando.
Not all of it works for me—and I am largely parrotting Vecchiali when I say this—but the last two shots in the film are pure poetry, and worthy of Kazan, Lang, or any of the greatest filmmakers. Everything from the moment the glow of the river reflects on Dillon's face onwards is Coppola in a flow state punching far above his weight class. This isolated sequence alone is probably my favourite thing he's ever directed.
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Mulholland Drive 2001
I don't know how I ever deluded myself into preferring Blue Velvet and Lost Highway over this.
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Nomadland 2020
To make a film intent on being an ethnographic examination of one of America’s more overlooked and niche deviant subcultures can be a noble task. If one considers the role of an artist in society to be that of communication — art acting as a vessel for social change and societal introspection — then a film such as Nomadland which supposedly captures the humanity of a neglected people, their trials and tribulations, and how they came to be all sounds…
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Eyes Wide Shut 1999
My favourite Kubrick shuffles like a deck of cards: depending on my mood, the choice can vary from the raw and unkempt Paths of Glory, the self-explanatory 2001: A Space Odyssey, to even a "lesser-work" such as The Killing. Though, in recent memory, one Kubrick has stood out among the rest. The pendulum has swung—and in keeping with the holiday spirit—that crown is now bestowed upon none other than Kubrick's grandeur swan song, Eyes Wide Shut.
Much like Kubrick’s earlier…
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