I love seeing our world through the lens of a storyteller, and analyzing how that conveyed, idealized world differs from our own reality.
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Phantom Lady 1944
I knew this was based on a Cornell Woolrich story, so I expected an anxious, paranoid descent into Hell, and that's exactly what was delivered. There are many scenes that feel like they came straight out of nightmares. The bit where Alan Curtis' character returns to his home to find it filled with hostile cops and the dead body of his wife is a notable example. However the most surreal and unnerving scene, is when "Kansas" (Ella Raines) accompanies a…
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Mickey 17 2025
An odd chimera of a movie. It's part science fiction, part satire, part black comedy, part sex comedy, and a little bit of drama. I did not feel like these parts meshed well.
There's the bones of a great story here. I love how the world is built, and all the little details sewn throughout. But it ultimately feels too disjointed. My sister read the book the movie was based on. She tells me the two are very different, and…
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Repeat Performance 1947
An interesting gimmick for a movie, reliving the previous year of your life to try and change things. I'm surprised this concept isn't done more in media. It's a fun vehicle to tell a story with.
Though, if her husband was an abusive alcoholic jerk the previous year, it really makes you wonder why our heroine tried to offer her husband a drink at the start of the film. Maybe wishful thinking that all his bad behavior was caused by his mistress?
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Notorious 1946
I watched this movie with the impression that it was a Cold War spy movie about finding ex-Nazis in South America. That's not really what this movie is about.
It's much more a domestic drama about a woman pretending to be with a man she doesn't love, while still loving another man. The spy stuff, and the Nazi stuff, is VERY much in the background.
Despite not being what I expected, I still enjoyed it.
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