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Eyes Wide Shut 1999
Mesmerizingly beautiful.
Kubrick forces the viewer to experience each painstaking moment of conflict, envy, pain, lust, and fury, but gives the viewer plenty of eye candy to make up for the sacrifice.
Though the pace of the story is slow, I couldn’t look away. Every moment, every facial expression, every hint of environment, costume or additional information left unmentioned in the dialogue feels absolutely essential.
The colors in this film feel beyond comprehension—like emotion incarnate. They’re not as bright as…
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FernGully: The Last Rainforest 1992
Having seen this film after all of the other environmental metamessage movies, this tale feels so completely cookie cutter: fairies in the forest threatened by environmental devastation (and a weird evil spirit) shrink a lumberjack down to their size by accident. On the way to the elder Maegi (who our ditzy yet lovable female protagonist promises will unshrink him), he discovers environmental responsibility and the miracle of life. However, this film happens to be the original film of this particular…
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Clouds of Sils Maria 2014
wowowow. Incredibly well acted; the narrative and metanarrative blur together seamlessly. Well shot with great use of visual metaphor and abstraction, but doesn't sacrifice subtlety because of it. The film is more slowly paced than most, but if you have patience, the experience is worth it. For fans of stories about storytelling/ films about film, this is a must watch.
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