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Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood 2019
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
As the optimism of the 1960s came to a screeching halt.
As with any of Tarantino’s works, this too speaks to something of the American zietgeist. Once upon a time in Hollywood, examines something deeply American. The 1950s and early 1960s were certainly a golden age for both American Cinema and the American way of life. An era of plenty, of certainty and promise.
Rick Dalton personifies a traditional American masculinity now threatened. he has made his living portraying the…
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The Decline of Western Civilization 1981
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Can almost taste the flying sweat, cheap beer and impending nosebleed.
While the title is intentionally tongue in cheek, it does certainly document THE decline of western civilisation.
Owing to character of the people involved in the creation of this film, especially those interviewed or featuring in bands. It is perhaps impossible to shake off the sensation that its portrayal is completely honest. That is not to downplay the validity of the bands, performers or scenesters featured though, this is…
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Sixteen Candles 1984
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A testament to how far as a society we have come.
Possessing all the hallmarks of a trashy 80’s coming of age film: Molly Ringwald, problematic teenage promiscuity/Romanticism and Molly Ringwald. Sixteen Candles delivers all in the understated pomposity one would expect.
There is perhaps no deeper meaning to this film but if I were to hazard a geuss at an authorial intent it would be a lesson about expectations and the dangers of setting our expectations too high.
Samantha…
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The Informant! 2009
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Provides no answers to its own moral quandary.
Matt Damon has a tendency to appear in films with subtle leftist nods. The clear intent with this work was to ask the question ‘Is a villain a product of a system or is the system the product of villains?’, In a rare case I feel this film would’ve benefited from a more clear cut answer to its narrative question.
Matt Damon’s performance drives everything, from his neurotic narration to his awkward…
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